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At­tor­ney CJ Williams, who rep­re­sents two men ac­cused of mur­der­ing state pros­e­cu­tor Dana See­ta­hal, SC, is warn­ing that state­ments made in Par­lia­ment by De­fence Min­is­ter Wayne Sturge last Fri­day could have im­pli­ca­tions for on­go­ing crim­i­nal pro­ceed­ings in­volv­ing his clients.

His clients, Earl Richards and Ra­jaee Ali, re­main de­tained at the Teteron Bar­racks, Ch­aguara­mas, as le­gal pro­ceed­ings con­tin­ue in the mat­ter.

Speak­ing yes­ter­day on the min­is­ter’s con­tri­bu­tion in the House, Williams ac­knowl­edged that state­ments made in Par­lia­ment at­tract ab­solute par­lia­men­tary priv­i­lege but said the rule against sub ju­dice must al­so be care­ful­ly con­sid­ered where on­go­ing mat­ters are con­cerned.