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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