Ramdhanie and Ors v. The State, Court of Appeal - Privy Council, December 15, 2005, [2005] UKPC 47
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Ramdhanie and Ors v. The State, Court of Appeal - Privy Council, December 15, 2005, [2005] UKPC 47
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[2005] UKPC 47Ramdhanie and Ors v. The State (Trinidad and Tobago) [2005] UKPC 47 (15 December 2005)ADVANCE COPYPrivy Council Appeal No.47 of 2004Mantoor Ramdhanie and others Appellant v.The State RespondentFROMTHE COURT OF APPEAL OFTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO---------------JUDGMENT OF THE LORDS OF THE JUDICIALCOMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL,Delivered the 15th December 2005------------------Present at the hearing:-Lord HoffmannLord Rodger of EarlsferryLord WalkerLord Brown of Eaton-under-HeywoodLord Mance[Delivered by Lord Mance]------------------1. This appeal is brought by special leave against the order of the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago (Ibrahim, Hamel-Smith and Permanand JJA) dismissing appeals against convictions on 6th May 1997 of drug trafficking in the High Court before John J and a jury. The four appellants are Victor Lemassy (pursuing this appeal by substitution as executor of the estate of Mantoor Ramdhanie, who died after the Court of Appeal's order), Deochan Ramdhanie (Mantoor's son), Patrick Toolsie (married to Mantoor's niece) and Ken Gresham. Their Lordships will, where appropriate, refer to the late Mantoor Ramdhanie, Deochan Ramdhanie, Patrick Toolsie and Ken Gresham as the defendants.2. Each of the four defendants was, following his conviction at trial, sentenced by the trial judge to life imprisonment with hard labour and a declaration that he was not to be released before the expiration of 20 years from 2nd June 1997. In addition, confiscation orders were made as follows: (a) against Mantoor Ramdhanie, in the sum of $3,887,604.58 to be paid within 3 months, with, in default, a term of imprisonment of 15 years with hard labour to run consecutive to any term of custody which he was liable to serve for the substantive offence, (b) against Deochan Ramdhanie, in the sum of $1,816,003.71 to be paid within 3 months, with, in default, a term of imprisonment of 12 years with hard labour to run consecutive to any term of custody which he was liable to serve for the substantive offence, (c) against Patrick Toolsie, in the sum of $23,537.00 to be paid within 3 months, with, in default, a term of imprisonment of 4 years with hard labour to run consecutive to any term of custody which he was liable to serve for the substantive offence and (d) against Ken Gresham, in the sum of $153.17 to be paid within 3 months, with, in default, a term of imprisonment of 2 years with hard labour to run consecutive to any term of custody which he was liable to serve for the substantive offence. 3. The Board granted special ...See the full content of this document
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