The case against Edward “Alcapone” Green is among four murder matters down to be heard during the September Criminal assizes which opens at the High Court in Roseau on Tuesday, September 25, 2012.
Green has been on remand for the past four years after he was charged with the murder of 35 year old Damien Dorival, whose headless body was found on Elmshall Road in June 2008. Dorival’s head was later discovered in the Palm Grove River.
Another case which is expected to attract a lot of attention is that of Webster Edmund of Layou.
Edmund, who is accused of kidnapping and holding a teenage girl from that community hostage for 40 days, faces charges of kidnapping, abduction, indecent assault, unlawful sexual intercourse, possession of ammunition with intent to endanger life and possession of firearm to endanger life.
He had pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis and other summary charges and sentenced to spend a combination of two years and four months in jail.
The first case to be heard on September 26, 2012, following arraignments, will be the murder trial of Shane Degallerie. That matter was traversed from the May assizes.
Matters down to be heard at the September assizes include murder, abduction, wounding, theft, grievous bodily harm, burglary, arson, kidnapping, indecent assault and possession of firearm.
Prosecuting on behalf of the State is Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Gene Pestaina, assisted by State Attorneys Clement Joseph and Arthlyn Nesty.
Justice Bernie Stephenson Brooks will preside at the assizes, scheduled to begin at 9am.
I AM ASHAMED OF DOMINICA
I REPEAT
I AM ASHAMED OF DOMINICA
positive mind Hot debate. What do you think? 4 11September 25, 2012
alyou already know that edward (Alcapone ) is innocent. You people are just wicked. Alyou know exactly who commited the crime. You all have this man in custody when the police cannot come up with their evidence. They took the blood sample from inside his vehicle and sent it to a lab all the way to Trinidad for testing, only to find out that the blood was a chicken(fowl) blood. This was a frame up. The case should have been dismissed right there and then. Only in Dominica these kind of things happens.
It does’nt made any sense for assizes because all
these murders will be back on the street free.
DNO really and truely what happening to all my comments they just disappearing. All am saying is the judges look like pigeons and it’s a fact.
Where theyreally and truely need to go up in the Alaska snow mountains that’s where the pigeons live
The legal system has let down the Dominican nation, we have a pm saying no law or constitution can stop him, a president sworn in disregarding the laws of the land, you people should bow your head in shame to take part in such a lawless environment. We need people who will do the right thing. And START MANO CASE!
“The day we see truth and do not speak is the day we begin to die.”
Martin Luther King
Good comment. I have been following Da politcis and I am not happy. It not only smells of rut weiler pit toilet poopoo but a contageous disease is emerging from that pit toilet.
So people, take action before it is too late.
Dno where is my comment it disappear.
hmmmmm. asizes jus start and already 1 murder convict has been set free…………3 more to go…poor dominica.
Hey logically speaking, don’t blame the judge, don’t blame the convicts defence. They are the ones defending their clients so win or lose they’ve done their part.
our system have soo much hole that we ourself even shame to hear what verdict judges come up with
Why all that pagentry and police escort, dressed in their SUNDAY BEST to bringe a judge to court. Let the woman do her JOB like any other hard working Dominican.
Mamo– your comment says a lot about your character and class.. Justice Brookes is an official Employee of the State. She is not special.. This procession is done by all countries around the world that has a justice legal system
Nonesense…..Where did you get that from? All countries around the world? Are you serious???
Pomp & circumstance displays are not just for show. It is a public display that a society takes its various administrative mechanisms seriously and is committed to be ruled by laws and rules. The annual displays at opening of the court, opening of parliament, etc, is a public reconfirmation of those principles. You should be proud to see our society publicly demonstrate that we still aspire to those ideals. I am not naive – I know we need improvements. But if you pause for a minute, you will agree that for the most part Dominica is a democratic, lawful country. So take pride in these annual reaffirmations of our continued determination to make this work.
Well that is debatable. This pomp and ceremony is a left over from the colonial days my friend. Those were the times when the slave masters used to parade the convicts for all to see who was boss. Read your history and you will see that this ceremony is just a parade of foolishness.
You are welcome to take that point of view commentator. The irony is you are making my point – not disproving it. These traditions are for showing the power and control of the state. Whether in the past the state was colonial does not change that fact. Never discount the power of tradition and ceremony in shaping power relations and beliefs. Have you been to a catholic mass lately?
I did not disagree with you my learned friend. I said that your argument is debatable meaning that there may well be a different interpretation. Do you ever wonder why the oficials in court wear black gowns and wigs? check it out. Do you know that only senior counsel or QC have the right to wear a silk gown? and why does the judge have to put on a black hankie over his head to sentence a person to death?(Thankfully no more)All steeped in devilry and masonic affairs. Check it out.
Boy that is a whole heap of pomp and circumstance for a judicial system that is lacking in so many ways.
Let us hope justice prevails this time around and murders and other major crimes are not just swept out on technicalities.
Sometimes in life the evil that men do lives with them…
Is that a man or a woman, who is being escorted
a whole set of real sick people in the major cases. Allyuh notice that? In the major cases crimes are not crimes of passion or revenge.
alyou already know that edward (Alcapone ) is innocent. You people are just wicked. Alyou know exactly who commited the crime. You all have this man in custody when the police cannot come up with their evidence. They took the blood sample from inside his vehicle and sent it to a lab all the way to Trinidad for testing, only to find out that the blood was a chicken(fowl) blood. This was a frame up. The case should have been dismissed right there and then. Only in Dominica these kind of things happens.
Is that how the stockfarm inmates dress mowsdays. The black garments with the white tie?
@balaw that was a good one
BALAW NICE ONE HAHAHA
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May Law & order prevail!!! Always and for ever!
All just a show with no substance
Ohhh! I forget we have a court system in Dominica, so much criminals getting bail, so much injustice like mano case, no lawyers going jail, om boldly stating no law or constitution can stop him and showing it, court blocking private enterprise like Ferreira case, best we go back to bond servitude and get rid of a justice system that is so imbalanced and unfair.
I pray and hope that the families receive justice for their loved ones.
They will all walk free.That is a trend in our country,murderers always walk free.
Oh how nice! A fancy ceremony for people who don’t exercise the laws of Dominica. Give them a gold star! *rolls eyes* Pestaina looks like his usual self, . Dominica with all this praying you should be blessed with better leaders.
Excellent comment!!!! For real because I was just saying I love all the pomp and ceremony but you are so right! All of that for what? For whom? For a set of people who themselves desecrate the laws of the land every day and collude with the most powerful to cultivate and nurture corruption in the highest offices of the land? You are so right, bwa kwaieb!
Well said Anonymous. But you know where the real problem lies? There is no review body that can change law, bad law or indeed the legal system in Dominica. That is the flaw. When last did we have a review of the laws of Dominica? The last review was carried out by one man Alleyne QC so you can imagine that was a long time ago and the review was insufficiently briefed. Today the laws of Dominica are too simplified or too archaic. We need a review that will stop the practitioners from running rings around the legal system. But again where will this review come from? the Constitution??????? you see the dilemna??