The Legal professional Normal (AG) of St. Maarten, Curaçao, Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba has withdrawn the attraction to the Supreme Courtroom in cassation within the long-running case, code-named “Colade,” involving Regina LaBega, Fabian Badejo, and different co-defendants.
A deed to that impact was drawn up and signed on November 15, 2023, in line with courtroom paperwork directed to the defendants.
LaBega stated she was overjoyed when her lawyer knowledgeable her that the case was now closed. “It’s been 13 years of a nightmare I don’t want on my worst enemy,” she stated, “However thank God it’s over now.”
The Legal professional Normal had filed the attraction in cassation following the choice of February 17, 2022, of the Joint Courtroom of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and of Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba, which favored the defendants.
The case involved allegations of fraud, embezzlement, and belonging to a so-called “felony group” when LaBega was head of the St. Maarten Vacationer Bureau (STB) in 2010. Following her stint at STB, LaBega went on to grow to be one of the crucial profitable managing administrators of SXM Airport between 2011 and 2016, securing an unprecedented Moody’s ranking of Baa2 and several other worldwide awards for the territory’s airport.
“I wish to thank my household and buddies who stood by me all through this ordeal and believed in my innocence. I’m additionally very grateful to my lawyer for the wonderful job she did,” LaBega stated.
For his half, Badejo stated he was ecstatic concerning the information. “It’s the very best information I’ve heard in years. God is nice. The prayers of my 91-year-old mom in Nigeria have been answered.” Badejo is a senior St. Martin journalist, media marketing consultant, and creator.
Legal professional Safira Ibrahim who represented Badejo defined that “The case is now closed, and the judgement rendered by the Joint Courtroom of Attraction stands and has grow to be irrevocable.”
“Meaning you may have been acquitted of all fees lodged in opposition to you by the Prosecutor,” acknowledged Ibrahim in her letter to her shopper.
“I’m more than happy with this end result and comfortable that it has come to a particular and favorable resolution, lastly. Properly deserved!” stated the legal professional.
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