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Court of appeal rules McKeeva Bush can face indecent assault retrial
The Appeal Court has cleared the way for a re-trial of former Premier McKeeva Bush on indecent assault charges.
The court ruled in favour of the Director of Public Prosecutions on Friday, saying that the Crown can retry its case against Bush.
The case was halted in the Grand Court mid-trial last year when Judge Stanley John stopped the proceedings, citing an “abuse of process”.
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Court of Appeal rules McKeeva Bush can face indecent assault retrial
Court of Appeal judges have ruled that McKeeva Bush can be retried on charges of indecent assault in relation to a Grand Court case that was halted mid-trial last year.
In that trial, Bush had faced charges of indecently assaulting two female civil servants at a government-hosted tourism reception at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in September 2022. At the time of the alleged assaults, which he denied, Bush was speaker of Parliament.
Grand Court Justice Stanley John stopped the proceedings mid-trial on 29 Feb. last year, citing an “abuse of process”, and discharged the jury.
His decision came following submissions from Bush’s legal team that indicated, among other concerns, that one of the alleged victims, who had told police and prosecutors she did not want to press charges, had been “tricked” into giving evidence and ordered to appear as a witness in court or face arrest.
