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12 Year Later Bahadur Conviction Confirmed, Sentence Overturned
Tue, January 16, 2018
The Court of Appeal has handed down its decision in the case of 33 year-old Linsbert Bahadur Jr., who was serving a life sentence after convicted of the April 2006 killing of his friend, Albert Wade. They've affirmed his conviction, but they've overturned his life sentence.

Bahadur was convicted in July of 2016 after 4 attempts to prosecute him. The first failed when the Crown Counsel from the DPP's office entered a nolle-pros in September of 2010. Then, he was rearrested and tried on November of 2015, but the trial was aborted because a juror became ill. A third attempt was made in January 2016, but that trial ended in a hung jury. He was re-indicted in April of 2016, and by July, he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.

His appeal was filed the next day, and on June 9, 2017, the Court of Appeal heard his appeal of the conviction and sentence. The court reserved its judgment, and today, after months of deliberation, they affirmed the conviction but overturned the life sentence, ruling it unconstitutional.

That aspect of the criminal trial has been sent back to the Supreme Court where a new sentence must be passed.

The Supreme Court heard evidence that on April 14, 2006, Bahadur shot his friend, Albert Wade to the face in Santa Elena Town. Wade's body was discovered in his Toyota Camry car on Negroman Road.

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