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Samuel Livingstone Cleared After High Court<\/a> Rules Insufficient Evidence<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

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Samuel Livingstone has been discharged of a charge of shooting with intent after the High Court <\/strong>of Antigua and Barbuda ruled that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice Tunde A. Bakre handed down the ruling on February 18, 2025, citing unreliable and contradictory evidence. The case stemmed from allegations that Livingstone fired two shots at Geneal Francis on February 7, 2019, in Potters. However, inconsistencies in witness testimony, forensic findings, and conflicting accounts of the incident undermined the prosecution\u2019s case.<\/p>

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At the close of the prosecution\u2019s arguments, defence counsel Andrew O\u2019Kola successfully submitted a “No Case” motion, citing R v. Galbraith [1981]<\/em>. O\u2019Kola welcomed the ruling, stating, \u201cJustice has prevailed today. This case was built on unreliable evidence, and it would have been a grave miscarriage of justice to proceed.\u201d<\/p>

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Justice Bakre ruled that the case was too weak to be put before a jury, reinforcing the principle that a fair trial requires credible evidence. With the court\u2019s decision, Livingstone is now free of the charge.<\/p>\n

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Samuel Livingstone Cleared After High Court Rules Insufficient Evidence Samuel Livingstone has been discharged of a charge of shooting with intent after the High Court of Antigua and Barbuda ruled that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case. Justice Tunde A. Bakre handed down the ruling on February 18, 2025, citing unreliable and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":226342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[88,92],"class_list":["post-226341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-antigua","tag-antigua-news"],"yoast_head":"\nSamuel Livingstone walks free after no case submission - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Samuel Livingstone cleared by the High Court due to insufficient evidence in shooting case. 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