OUTSTANDING CAPITAL CASES IN DEPENDENT OVERSEAS TERRITORIES

Territory

Name of Accused

FVI

Sylvester Gaston

Montserrat Samuel Greenaway

Belize

Earl Young

Stage reached

Convicted of murder, sentenced to death. Local appeal re- jected. Leave to appeal to Privy Council refused.

Convicted of murder. Sentenced to death. Appeal yet to he heard

Convicted of murder. Sentenced to death. Has yet to appeal.

Timing of next stage

Prerogative of Mercy Committee to consider case, probably within next week or so.

No date yet fixed for Appeal.

No date yet fixed for Appeal

Remarks

Trial judge recommended commutation on ground s that jury were not properly dispassionate. Recent examination by British psychiatrists concluded that accused is mentally retarded (with a mental age of 9) and may have committed the crime during a focal epilep- tic fit.

Victim a popular

cricketer

jury

possibly biased. Provocation, age of accused (65) and his previous good record should indicate leniency.

Accused was provoked by taunting remarks of victim. Judge has said that under other jurisdictions, such provocation would have justified reduction of verdict to manslaughter.

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