Vybz Kartel Murder Conviction Overturned On Grounds Of Juror Misconduct!

Cousins! The DanceHall legend Vybz Kartel‘s life sentence in jail has officially been overturned following reports of juror misconduct!

According to BBC News, Vybz born Adidja Palmer alongside three other co-defendants has issued an appeal regarding the 2011 murder of Clive “Lizard” Williams.

“A huge statement was made by the quashing of the murder convictions and that is where we are at. Yesterday Mr. Palmer was a convicted felon, today he is an innocent man,” said Kartel’s attorney Isat Buchanan.

Fox News reports that despite the recent appeal overturn, Vybz will remain incarcerated for the time being.

Obtained court documents confirm that a juror had allegedly attempted to bribe others during the 2014 murder tria, by offering $500,000 Jamaican dollars to help push a specific outcome regarding the case. According to Privy Council, Vybz was ultimately convicted in 2014 for Clive’s 2011 murder.

Following the recent discovery, council determined that Vybz’s conviction should be overturned on grounds of juror misconduct.

“The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has concluded that the appeals should be allowed and the appellants’ convictions should be quashed on the ground of juror misconduct, and that the case should be remitted to the Court of Appeal of Jamaica to decide whether to order a retrial of the appellants for the murder of the deceased,”reads a statement from Privy Council.

It has been indicated that numerous issues surrounding Vybz’s incarceration have been pushed to the forefront, including a video forwarded by prosecutors that claimed to show him at the scene of the crime. However digital forensic expert David John Martin-Woodgate determined that a a timestamp on the video was different.

“The Court of Appeal in Jamaica, they prepared three particular questions for the board to consider it concerns their telecommunications evidence, jury management issues, and an additional one for jury tampering,” Buchanan said.

“So when there is a gap in the footprint, for instance, the video did not have any GPS on it and all other videos on the phone had GPS, had the metadata and the epoch times in sequence.

An expedited filing for Vybz’s appeal was declared following health complications that he began to suffer from while incarcerated, regarding a heart condition and Graves’ disease.

“I’m very happy and optimistic about being before the Privy Council. It is the final court and justice is for all,” Buchanan said.