Vybz Kartel Gets Expedited Hearing By Privy Council Set For February 2024

There some breaking news, good news finally, regarding dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel’s Appeal trial: the incarcerated Kings and his co-accused got an expedited appeal hearing by the UK’s Privy Council, following the recent concerns about his health in a Jamaican prison, after more than 11 years and half behind bars.

World Boss Vybz Kartel, real name Adidja Palmer, finally got his appeal hearing set with a definitive date in the UK’s Privy Council, earlier than expected. Vybz Kartel and his three co-accused were found guilty of the 2011 murder of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams in 2014 and following a lengthy trial, the longest in Jamaican history, they were sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

Vybz Kartel is happy that his appeal case is out the hands of the Jamaican “corrupt” justice system and in the hands of “logic and reason” in the UK Privy Council. The Privy Council ruled to expedite the hearing to February 2024, instead than from April 16 to 18, 2024.

Kartel commented first hand via his social media accounts, writing: “When you’re out of the hands of badmind and corrupt crosses and in the hands of logic and reason”, receiving a lot of support from his fans in the dancehall community, including from other dancehall artists like Teejay, Spice, I-Octane, Baby Cham, and his co-defendant Shawn Storm.

This past Wednesday the Jamaican dancehall King and his three co-defendants finally received good news from the Privy Council. As attorney Bert Samuels just confirmed to the press, Kartel and co-accused will have their Appeal heard by the United Kingdom-based court in February next year. At the hearing are attending the attorneys for Kartel, and his co-defendants Shawn Campbell, Kahira Jones, and Andre St John.

It has been attorney Isat Buchanan that filed the application in court at the beginning of this year 2023, following applications by defense attorney regarding Kartel’s instable and worsening medical condition. Let’s hope reason will prevail because after almost 12 years behind bars and given his health status Adidja Palmer deserves a second chance and after all these years behind bars he already expiated, let him go back to what he does best which is to voice and create songs and music.

The embattled Jamaican deejay has been diagnosed with Graves’ Disease, an autoimmune disease, but also as two heart conditions, described as “life-threatening” with the artist having to get emergency medical care several times already while behind bars, condition that has not improved since the bad state and shape of the Jamaican jails.

On top of that the artist condition has deteriorated faster following a solitary lockdown by prison officials over banned contraband found in his cell some time ago. In May this year, Vybz Kartel’s attorney, Isat Buchanan, reported to the press that the deejay was placed in solitary confinement in prison that lacked adequate ventilation and further put his health at greater risk. Prison authorities found a cell phone in his cell but as Kartel‘s lawyer put it that it’s pretty common, authorities regularly find hundreds of cell phones and other contraband in prison daily, but only Kartel and two other inmates were targeted and punished.

Vybz Kartel is being represented by Isat Buchanan while the remaining three defendants are represented by Bert Samuels. His lawyer referred that Vybz Kartel was “elated” that the hearing was expedited, adding :

“Based on the record of appeal it’s a good time for the distillation of the arguments and we’re very elated. The appellants are ready, their attorneys are ready, there is a group of no less than 10 lawyers who will be working on the case”.

The attorney also cautioned that following the February arguments, the Privy Council usually reserves its judgment for a later date, and they do not reveal what that date would be, anticipating that Judgment could come later in 2024.

He added, “The defendants are elated and no doubt bringing their almost 12 years in custody with a new hope and we are very confident that the grounds of the appeal are arguable grounds and we look forward to the best result, that is not guilty and the release of the four appellants.”

Vybz Kartel has been unstoppable while behind bars cementing his career and status as legendary, releasing hits on hits, and albums and EP including his latest Come Back Home, stream it here in full.

Watch his latest music video for Victorious, produced by T100 Records over the Victorious Thug Life Riddim.

Vybz Kartel “Victorious” Official Music Video T100 Records 2023