Unfair trial: Court says judge asked too many questions in case

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Unfair trial: Court says judge asked too many questions in case

A man, who was convicted of the murder of his girlfriend, is to face a retrial in the St Elizabeth Circuit Court on April 4 next year, because the Court of Appeal found that there was excessive interference in relation to the many questions asked...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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