GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – Justice Stanley John, a nationwide of Trinidad and Tobago, will preside over the trial of former premier and speaker of the home, McKeeva Bush.
John was sworn in by Governor Jane Owen earlier this week, following a survey of potential jurors, a panel of seven members, and 4 alternates forward of the trial, which is because of begin on February 19.
Bush is charged with assaulting two feminine civil servants at an official cocktail occasion throughout a regional tourism convention on the Ritz Carlton in September 2022.
Bush, who has denied the allegations, has additionally advised that the case is politically motivated and that there had been undue interference to deliver a prosecution by the governor’s workplace.
John was appointed on recommendation from the Judicial and Authorized Providers Fee.
The fee acknowledged that as a result of former premier’s lengthy political historical past right here, it will have been inappropriate for his case to be judged by a member of the native bench.
Based on a launch from the Judicial Administration, John is a nationwide of Trinidad and Tobago who has had an extended and illustrious profession.
He was known as to the bar in 1972. 1994, he was appointed to the Trinidad and Tobago Excessive Court docket and served till 2002. That 12 months, he was elevated to the Court docket of Attraction, the place he served till 2009, when he was appointed to the Court docket of Attraction of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and served on their Appellate Court docket till 2014.
Between 2016 and 2019, Justice John served as an appearing decide within the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Jap Caribbean Supreme Court docket.
In January 2020, he was appointed a Choose of Attraction of the Turks and Caicos Islands and continues to serve in that capability.
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