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CONVICTED King’s Counsel Vincent Nelson must now persuade the London-based Privy Council to allow him to challenge his 2019 corruption conviction after the local Court of Appeal rejected his latest bid to get leave to appeal.

Justices of Appeal Nolan Bereaux, James Aboud and Ricky Rahim, on December 19, refused Nelson’s application for conditional leave to approach the Privy Council, agreeing with the state that the matter was procedural and raised no issue to warrant a challenge before TT's apex court.

Bereaux, delivering the oral ruling, said the Director of Public Prosecution’s decision to prosecute did not breach Nelson’s constitutional rights and that due process safeguards were fully observed during the plea agreement process.