Vybz Kartel vs Commissioner Owen Ellington
Dancehall recording artist Vybz Kartel has signaled his intent to sue recently retired Jamaican police commissioner, Owen Ellington over comments he made on a local television show in April 2014, claiming the deejay was the head of a gang responsible for over 100 murders island wide.
According to reports made on Monday, the polarizing entertainer, who was convicted of and given a life sentence for the 2011 murder of 'Clive Lizard' Williams in March, intends to a multi-million dollar civil lawsuit, through his legal team before the end of this week. His lead lawyer, Tom-Tavares Finson confirmed the lawsuit with ZIP FM Monday afternoon.
Ellington, who had been the head of the Jamaica Constabulary Forcesince 2009, told the Television Jamaica (TVJ) show, All Angles, "Vybz Kartel led a gang which was responsible for over 100 murders, and we have been telling the country this for a long, long time. Every time we moved against this gang, we were criticized, we were condemned and we were accused of being malicious against this individual. In fact, if you look at his defense, what was his defense? That there was a conspiracy on the part of the police."
Though there has been no evidence presented to support Ellington's comments, they caused a stir locally, with many wondering why the ex-commissioner would make them after Kartel's conviction and subsequent sentencing just weeks earlier. Tavares-Finson himself called the comments out of line, saying they were an attempt to prejudice Kartel's appeal.
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