Taximan gets life in prison for murder of Trini teacher

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Taximan gets life in prison for murder of Trinidadian teacher
BY ANTHONY LEWIS & HORACE HINES Observer reporters

Thursday, July 24, 2014 3 Comments

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Marlene Coudray, mother of slain Trinidadian schoolteacher, Michelle Coudray- Greaves, speaking with reporters after the sentencing of the man convicted of killing her daughter. (PHOTO: ANTHONY LEWIS)

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Ivan Taylor, the man who was found guilty of the murder of Trinidadian schoolteacher Michelle Coudray-Greaves, was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment when he appeared in the St James Circuit Court before Justice Courtney Daye.

The 48-year-old will not be eligible for parole before 30 years

Taylor, like the occasion when he was found guilty in May this year, yesterday showed no emotion when the judge handed down his sentence.

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A parliamentarian, Coudray said that she was impressed with Jamaica's justice system.

"What Trinidadians are surprised about is the fast rate at which this trial took place (within two years). They really expressed pleasure that they were quite pleased that within two years they were able to get a verdict," she said.

"... I think that augured well for everything. In Trinidad cases drag on and on and I keep saying the manner in which the whole team -- the police officers, the DPP herself -- pulled together [despite] difficulties in getting certain evidence. And to me everyone did their best to get this case to trial. And it happened quickly, given the justice system all over."

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Meanwhile:

Ellington, Bent could testify in Al Miller case
Thursday, July 24, 2014


Al Miller

OUTGOING Com-missioner of Police Owen Ellington and retired Deputy Commissioner Jevene Bent have been summoned to appear in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court today, where they are likely to be asked to give evidence in the case against clergyman Rev Al Miller, who is charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Miller was charged after then fugitive Christopher 'Dudus' Coke was found in his presence in June 2010. Coke, the reputed former strongman of the tough Tivoli Gardens community in West Kingston, was being sought by the police to face an extradition hearing after the United States requested that he be sent there to answer criminal charges.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...-case_17229126