YURI FIDEL AGARD will have to wait a tad longer to be released from prison. But if all goes right, he could still be out before Christmas.
The convicted killer had been hoping to be back in society from last August, but after having his appeal dismissed by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) recently, it appears he will now be released from Her Majesty’s Prisons Dodds on or around December 18.
In that decision, the CCJ also lauded Justice William Chandler for delivering an impeccable sentence, correctly based on previous trial law, in the substantive trial.
Agard was convicted of manslaughter in 2012 and sentenced to seven years, 247 days. He unsuccessfully appealed his sentence at the Court of Appeal and the CCJ, alleging that it was excessive. (BA)
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