Attorney Warren Cassell has had his conviction overturned after the Eastern Caribbean Appeals Court ruled that his trial resulted in a miscarriage of justice.

In 2022, Cassell was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for concealing the proceeds of criminal conduct. The charge stemmed from allegations that, between January 2007 and November 2008, he dishonestly concealed EC$855,380.54. According to the charge sheet, Cassell transferred funds from an investor’s account into an incorporated account for a land sale while falsely presenting himself as a director of Providence Estate Limited—a move purportedly designed to avoid prosecution or the enforcement of a confiscation order.

A unanimous jury found him guilty on 22 June 2022. In his appeal, he argued that his trial was fundamentally flawed on several grounds. He claimed that the indictment was duplicitous, his no-case submission was improperly dismissed, and the trial breached the constitutional principle of open justice by lacking sufficient publicity. Additionally, he contended that misdirections by the trial judge—such as erroneous instructions regarding a Virginia court judgment—led to an unsafe conviction.

Although his initial application for bail pending appeal was denied, the Eastern Caribbean Appeals Court’s ruling has now vindicated his claims of judicial error.