The Nation’s Online Editor Carol Martindale looks at What’s Trending today in Barbados.
The story and picture of former Barbados captain and West Indies player Ryan O’Neale Hinds’ appearance in court yesterday on a rape charge is the story making the rounds this morning.
Hinds, 31, is accused of committing the act against a 28-year-old woman last month.
Rawle Spooner: “Ryan Hinds is innocent until proven otherwise. Is that not how the justice system supposed to work? Forget all the emotion and reserve judgment until a court of law not a court of public opinion sort out the facts and make a judgment based on those facts.”
Kerrie Sivers: “I honestly don’t know why this is on the front page, like seriously?”
Tonya ToyToy Lawrence: “There are always two sides to a story.”
Ricardo Arrendondo: “Sad thing is in Barbados even if proven innocent, you still carry the stigma….”
carolmartindale@nationnews.com
The story trending this morning, which started making the rounds yesterday afternoon, is well really from yesterday afternoon, is the former Barbados cricket captain