Mandeville lawyers come forward
December 27, 2006
MANDEVILLE-based attorney Donald Getton has offered to represent one of three people taken into custody in connection with the robbery and abduction of elderly couple, Richard and Julia Lyn, and is working to get another lawyer on board.
Les Green, assistant commissioner of police in charge of the Major Investigation Task Force, said Getton indicated a willingness to take up the case after the Sunday Observer reported that police were unable to interview the suspects because no local lawyers wanted to represent the accused people.
The Lyns have been missing since December 10
"Mr Getton contacted me and said he would represent one of the persons involved," Green said. "He is also trying to get another attorney," Green added.
Owen Crosbie, another Mandeville-based lawyer, told the Observer that he is willing to be present while the police interview the suspects.
After Getton came forward, the police cancelled the planned transfer of the three accused, identified by police as Lennox 'Son Son' Swaby, his 50-year-old mother June White and Kevin Powell, to Kingston.
The assistant commissioner had previously told the Sunday Observer that the police were having a difficult time trying to find an attorney for the suspects.
"There seems to be a reluctance on the part of local attorneys from being involved, and we have to look further afield," Green said then....
Author: Karyl Walker
Source: Jamaica Observer
