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appealed his conviction to the Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal, and his
appeal was dismissed on November 25, 1997. He petitioned the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council for special leave to appeal the Court of
Appeal’s decision, and the his petition was dismissed on December 10,
1998. 46
p) Wayne Matthews (Case No. 12,076) was charged with the murder of Norris
Yorke, which took place between February 3 and 4, 1987. He was arrested
on February 6, 1987, and was tried, convicted and sentenced to death on
November 16, 1988. He successfully appealed his conviction to the Trinidad
and Tobago Court of Appeal, which ordered a re-trial. On October 29, 1993,
Wayne Matthews was again convicted of murder and sentenced to death. He
appealed his second conviction to the Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal,
and his appeal was denied on January 25, 1996. Wayne Matthews then
petitioned the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for special leave to
appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision, and his petition was dismissed on
November 26, 1998. 47
q) Alfred Frederick (Case No. 12,082) was charged with the murder of Rahiman
Gopaul, which occurred sometime between January 11 and 14, 1991. He was
arrested on January 17, 1991, and was tried, convicted and sentenced to
death on September 29, 1997. He subsequently appealed his conviction to
the Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal, and his appeal was rejected on
March 31, 1998. He then petitioned the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council for special leave to appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision, and his
petition was dismissed on December 17, 1998. 48
r) Natasha De Leon (Case No. 12,093) was charged, together with her common
law husband Darrin Roger Thomas (supra para. 60(i)), with the murder of
Chandranath Maharaj, which took place between February 6 and 12, 1993.
She was arrested on March 10, 1993, and was tried, convicted and sentenced
to death on November 9, 1995. She subsequently appealed her conviction to
the Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal, and her appeal was dismissed on
June 20, 1997. She sought special leave to appeal the Court of Appeal’s
decision and on March 11, 1998, the Privy Council accepted her petition and
remitted the case back to the Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal. On
September 23, 1998 the Court of Appeal dismissed the victim’s remitted
appeal. 49
s) Vijay Mungroo (Case No. 12,111) was charged together with his codefendants Steve Mungroo (infra para. 60(x)) and Phillip Chotalal (infra para.
60(t)) with the January 10, 1990 murder of Edmund Mitchell. He was
46
Cf. "George Constantine et al. v. Trinidad and Tobago, Exhibits to the Application of the InterAmerican Commission," Exhibit 14(a), 14(b) and 14(c), Vol. IV, pp. 2135-2422.
47
Cf. "George Constantine et al. v. Trinidad and Tobago, Exhibits to the Application of the InterAmerican Commission," Exhibit 15(a), 15(b) and 15(c), Vol. V, pp. 2500-2576.
48
Cf. "George Constantine et al. v. Trinidad and Tobago, Exhibits to the Application of the InterAmerican Commission," Exhibit 16(a), 16(b) and 16(c), Vol. V, pp. 2643-2692.
49
Cf. "George Constantine et al. v. Trinidad and Tobago, Exhibits to the Application of the InterAmerican Commission," Exhibit 8(a), 8(b) and 8(c), supra note 40.