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Jensen La Vende

Un­less the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al takes the mat­ter to the Privy Coun­cil, three Ap­peal Court judges yes­ter­day cleared the way for nine men freed of the mur­der of busi­ness­woman Vin­dra Naipaul-Cool­man to col­lect a $20 mil­lion pay­out.

Jus­tices of Ap­peal Nolan Bereaux, Mark Mo­hammed and Ron­nie Boodoos­ingh found that the nine men freed of mur­der­ing Naipaul-Cool­man—Sher­von and De­von Pe­ters, An­tho­ny Gloster, Joel Fras­er, Ronald Arm­strong, Kei­da and Jameel Gar­cia, Mar­lon Trim­ming­ham and An­to­nio Charles - should be award­ed the al­ready agreed-up­on sum, which would be the largest pay­out by the state in a law­suit.