Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel wins appeal over murder conviction.
Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel wins appeal over murder conviction: Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel’s conviction for the murder of an associate more than a decade ago was quashed on Thursday, with a London court ruling that attempts to bribe the trial jury meant the conviction was unsafe.
The musician, whose Government name is Adidja Palmer, is one of Jamaica’s most celebrated artists.
Kartel, 48, has been in jail in Jamaica since 2011 over the disappearance of his associate Clive “Lizard” Williams, whose body has never been found.
After a 64-day trial in Kingston, one of the longest in Jamaican history, Kartel and three others were convicted in 2014. Kartel was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 35 years, later reduced on appeal to 32-and-a-half.
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