{"id":6829,"date":"2012-12-10T12:36:53","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T16:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=6829"},"modified":"2012-12-11T03:28:15","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T07:28:15","slug":"machel-montano-guilty-on-five-criminal-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=6829","title":{"rendered":"Machel Montano guilty on five criminal charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

…to be sentenced January 17, 2013<\/b><\/big><\/p>\n

\"Machel
\nMachel and his mother Elizabeth Montano in Club Zen
at Machel Montano’s Appreciation Ceremony 2007<\/small><\/a><\/div>\n

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By Darren Bahaw News Editor
\nDecember 10, 2012<\/i><\/p>\n

SOCA STAR Machel Montano was this morning found guilty of five criminal offences.<\/p>\n

Montano, the reigning Power Soca Monarch and Road March king, along with Kernel Roberts, the son of legendary Calypso icon Lord Kitchener, Joel “Zan” Feveck, a member of Montano HD Family, and Rodney “Benjai” LeBlanc, best known for his patriotic song, Trini, were all charged with a series of criminal offences arising out a fracas outside the Zen nightclub, in Port of Spain in April 2007.
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\nAfter postponing her decision on two consecutive occasions, Magistrate Maureen Baboolal-Gafoor, presiding in the Port of Spain Magistrates Court, delivered her decision to a packed courtroom this morning.
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Machel Montano guilty on five criminal charges<\/a>
\nSoca Star Machel Montano was this morning found guilty of five criminal offences.His lawyers are now seeking to convince the presiding magistrate to exercise leniency in passing sentence. <\/p>\n

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\nLEFT: Rodney ‘Benjai’ LeBlanc, Kernel Roberts and Joel ‘Zan’ Feveck
\n in Club Zen at Machel Montano’s Appreciation Ceremony 2007<\/small><\/a><\/div>\n

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