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05-09-2012, 03:40 PM
One man has been acquitted and another sentenced to10 years in prison in connection with the beating to death of Jordan Morrison at a resort in the Dominican Republic.
Canadian citizen Dmytro Aref Yev pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was given a 10-year prison term after he admitted he attacked Morrison outside a resort nightclub near Punta Cana on 4 February, 2011. His co-accused, Algerian national Bouzid Redha, was acquitted of second-degree murder after Aref Yev said he acted alone.
Both of the accused were 21 at the time. The defense team for the two men has said they were drunk at the time.
Witnesses have said Morrison, 19, was attacked after he had come to the aid of a woman in a bar at the nightclub at the Grand Paradise Bavaro resort and moved outside, where Morrison was severely beaten.
He died of head injuries while being taken to hospital.
Three other Canadian men were acquitted in the case.
Morrison had been vacationing with his mother and father at the resort, which is billed as an ideal vacation spot for families.
Morrison's parents, Dale Morrison and his wife Carrie McGinnis, have 10 days to appeal the verdict. Redha will remain in the Dominican Republic until then.
Carrie McGinnis said she is still frustrated with the lack of representation from the Canadian embassy and that the trial was held without a translator for the victim's family.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/05/08/ontario-morrison-dominican-teen458.html (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/05/08/ontario-morrison-dominican-teen458.html)
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2012/05/08/19731746.html
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Canadian citizen Dmytro Aref Yev pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was given a 10-year prison term after he admitted he attacked Morrison outside a resort nightclub near Punta Cana on 4 February, 2011. His co-accused, Algerian national Bouzid Redha, was acquitted of second-degree murder after Aref Yev said he acted alone.
Both of the accused were 21 at the time. The defense team for the two men has said they were drunk at the time.
Witnesses have said Morrison, 19, was attacked after he had come to the aid of a woman in a bar at the nightclub at the Grand Paradise Bavaro resort and moved outside, where Morrison was severely beaten.
He died of head injuries while being taken to hospital.
Three other Canadian men were acquitted in the case.
Morrison had been vacationing with his mother and father at the resort, which is billed as an ideal vacation spot for families.
Morrison's parents, Dale Morrison and his wife Carrie McGinnis, have 10 days to appeal the verdict. Redha will remain in the Dominican Republic until then.
Carrie McGinnis said she is still frustrated with the lack of representation from the Canadian embassy and that the trial was held without a translator for the victim's family.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/05/08/ontario-morrison-dominican-teen458.html (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/05/08/ontario-morrison-dominican-teen458.html)
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2012/05/08/19731746.html
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)