Judge recuses himself, rules Reid, Pinnock, et al have cases to answer

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Judge recuses himself, rules Reid, Pinnock, et al have cases to answer

Chief Parish Court Judge Chester Crooks, who yesterday ruled that former Education Minister Ruel Reid and Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President Professor Fritz Pinnock and their co-accused should go to trial on corruption charges laid from 2019, has recused himself from trying the case, citing a possible conflict of interest.

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