Adamou case returns to court
January 24, 2007
American-born businesswoman Kimberly Adamou, who complained last year to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about the injustices she was receiving as a complainant, is to return to court on February 9 for the 35th time.
The case, in which Adamou's former business partner, Wayne Baxter, is the accused, was set for mention yesterday in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court.
Clerk of the Courts, Pearnel Charles Jr., told Resident Magistrate Sharon George that he wrote to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in June last year about the case but had not yet received a response.
The DPP is to decide whether a nolle prosequi (no proceedings) should be entered and a change of venue ordered for the trial.
Precautionary Measures
Adamou, who was assisted by the lobby group Jamaicans For Justice, took her case to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which in July, asked the Jamaican Government to ensure that precautionary measures were taken to ensure her safety.
Adamou had complained to the commission about the long delay in having the case disposed of since August 2003.
Adamou's former business partner Wayne Baxter is charged with larceny, malicious destruction of property and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Attorney-at-law Christopher Townsend, who is representing Baxter, asked for charges to be dismissed because the case was going on for too long.
RM George said her hands were tied because nothing could be done until the DPP made his decision.
Author: Barbara Gayle
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
