And at the very same time the guilty verdict in Selgado's case was being handed down, DPP Vidal was receiving another judgement, and this one was from the CCJ. This was in relation to the case against Nevis Betancourt, who was convicted of the murder of Jose Nunez Castellanos back in 2019.
He'd taken his case to the CCJ on an appeal, and today, that appeal was denied. The DPP spoke to us about it.
Cheryl Lynn Vidal, DPP
"It's been a good week as you've said. Yes I had to unfortunately come out of court to go and receive that judgement and the appeal was dismissed and the conviction was affirmed."
Reporter:
"On what grounds was it dismissed?"
Cheryl Lynn Vidal, DPP
"Their argument was that there was a third version of events that the trial judge did not take into consideration so there was a resulting miscarriage of justice. Our response was that there was in fact no third version because on the facts that the trial judge accepted, she had already found that he was not acting in self defense, he was the aggressor and the court found favor with our arguments."
