TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: MAN ESCAPES THE HANGMAN

Christna Basdeo, 51, had his conviction and death sentence quashed by the Trinidad & Tobago Court of Appeal. Basdeo was sentenced to death by Justice Herbert Volney in the San Fernando High Court on October 27, 2005, for the murder of his stepson, Kyle Basdeo, on November 10, 2003, at Princes Town. Basdeo will now serve a 15-year sentence for the crime.