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crazychinee wrote:toyota2nr wrote:Well citizen Volney needs to tell us the people exactly what went on. I still voting UNC though.
Why? Citizen volney doh owe anybody an explanation if you ask me.
He delivered a judgement, it there for all to read.
On the question of causation, the State called two medical witnesses. Both were young and relatively inexperienced. Dr des Etages was a recently qualified houseman who had observed the craniotomy (his first) and afterwards took notes of Johnson’s treatment in the neurosurgery recovery unit and, after the onset of his respiratory failure, in the intensive care unit. Dr des Vignes was the pathologist who had conducted the autopsy. He had been employed by the Trinidad and Tobago Forensic Science Centre since the previous November.
Dr des Vignes was firm in his view that Johnson had died of the complications of the concussive injuries to the brain which he had received and not because of any mishaps which had or might have occurred in the hospital. At the end of the prosecution case there was a submission of no case to answer which the judge rejected. The accused then gave evidence in support of his claim to have acted in self-defence and the defence called Dr Daisley, a medical expert. His opinion was that Johnson’s treatment in hospital had caused his death.
Events then took an unusual course. After Dr Daisley had been cross-examined, but before re-examination, the judge of his own motion recalled Dr des Vignes to ask him about his qualifications in forensic pathology. It appeared that he was not registered as such with the Trinidad and Tobago Medical Board and that his fellowship in Alberta was more in the nature of an apprenticeship than a formal course leading to a certificate or diploma. Instead, the Chief Medical Examiner, under whose general supervision he had performed some 270 autopsies, had simply written a letter recommending Dr des Vignes as competent to act as a forensic pathologist and he had been so employed by the Forensic Science Centre.
The judge then, still acting of his own accord, called Professor Chandulal, the Chief Forensic Pathologist, to ask him about the qualifications required for civil service appointment as a forensic pathologist. He said that one needed a medical degree followed by a postgraduate degree in forensic pathology which would be accepted as registrable by the Medical Board of Trinidad and Tobago. Professor Chandulal said that he was registered as a forensic pathologist but that Dr des Vignes was not.
After hearing this evidence and submissions from counsel, the judge decided that Dr des Vignes was not qualified as an expert for the purpose of giving an opinion on the cause of death and that his evidence was inadmissible and should be withdrawn from the jury. He then ruled that the evidence of Dr des Etanges did not provide a sufficient basis for a finding by the jury that Boyce had caused Johnson’s death and directed the jury to acquit.
Bezman wrote:as someone who knows both parties (actually sat next to Jason in St Anthony's and am now Brad is one of my best friends) it is disgusting to see this brought up, but glad that Volney said what he said in the papers about his ruling - even though i do think Volney is NUTZ
I really glad brad is not in the country for all this bull, but i know his mom and family must be a nervous wreck over it., and hope that the johnson family can finally get some closure and stop having this brought up over and over every election..
and to the person who asked, Brad is extremely remorseful of the entire situation and very sympathetic to the family. he has publicly stated this numerous times.
this was jsut a cheap shot by the pnm, imagine if a set of DO SO protesters showed up at a PNM rally with placards about UDECOTT, HART, Guanapo Church, Lara Stadium, etc etc.. what would have happen??
janfar wrote:NANCY JOHNSON, the mother of Jason Johnson who was killed 14 years ago, said yesterday she was unaware of any plans to picket the United National Congress (UNC) meeting in St Joseph on Monday during retired Justice Herbert Volney’s maiden speech on the political platform.
Nancy Johnson said yesterday, ’I believed someone decided to do it (the protest) on their own,’ but to this day she believed that Brad Boyce, who faced trial for unlawfully killing her son, had, ’some sort of weapon,’ that night.
She said the family had moved from their Cornelio Street, Woodbrook home because, ’anytime I opened Jason’s bedroom it would carry me back. I said I cannot live in that house anymore.’
Years after the incident, Nancy Johnson and her husband Stephen Johnson separated.
’I forgive Volney,’ she said yesterday, ’but I will never forget what he did.’
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl ... =161653549
evo-STI-k wrote:janfar wrote:NANCY JOHNSON, the mother of Jason Johnson who was killed 14 years ago, said yesterday she was unaware of any plans to picket the United National Congress (UNC) meeting in St Joseph on Monday during retired Justice Herbert Volney’s maiden speech on the political platform.
Nancy Johnson said yesterday, ’I believed someone decided to do it (the protest) on their own,’ but to this day she believed that Brad Boyce, who faced trial for unlawfully killing her son, had, ’some sort of weapon,’ that night.
She said the family had moved from their Cornelio Street, Woodbrook home because, ’anytime I opened Jason’s bedroom it would carry me back. I said I cannot live in that house anymore.’
Years after the incident, Nancy Johnson and her husband Stephen Johnson separated.
’I forgive Volney,’ she said yesterday, ’but I will never forget what he did.’
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl ... =161653549
what did volney do? carry out justice Utilitizing ALL THE FACTS???
Steups- if yuh faking son was not getting on racial outside a night club- he would still be here!- no one is to blame except your own son!
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