A jury has found Saleim Harrigan guilty of the 2020 murder of Customs officer Nigel Christian, while co-accused Wayne Thomas and Lasean Bully were acquitted.
The nine-member panel delivered the split verdict after more than five hours of deliberations before Justice Rajiv Persaud, returning to court after 7pm.
Jurors began deliberating around 2pm and, after indicating they needed more time at about 6pm, later reached their final decisions.
The case stemmed from the July 10, 2020 abduction and killing of Christian, who was taken at gunpoint from his McKinnons home and found dead later that day on a dirt road in Thibou’s.
Harrigan now awaits sentencing. Thomas and Bully were cleared of the murder charge, although Thomas was remanded due to a separate matter.
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Father God…please still my tongue.
This country…. this country is a not a real place.
Antigua is definitely not a real place. Just sad.
If you have evidence that put the accused at the crime scene, and enough evidence to prove that he carried out the murder, didn’t that evidence come from the same witness who put all four men at scene?
So this juror believe the witness that put the guilty killer at the scene, but not the other two?
How is that even plausible? His memory and eyes were accurate for one, but not the other two who were allegedly also at the scene of the crime, and also in the car?
Really strange verdict.
I hope a court news reporter outline the full scope of this verdict for the public to understand clearer. Too many questions are still unanswered here, and I’ll be remiss to think that full justice was executed here.
Bwoi a tell yah.
Wow! an amazing decision. However, from the evidence that I heard it seems as if this was a serious joint enterprise from beginning to end. Anyway, I must confess that I did not hear all the evidence as the jurors did so I must have missed some things.
Remember to Vote. Yet another injustice
Now they are free too pick up where they left off… crimewise