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Mason Trial Slow to Resume
posted (September 4, 2019)
After a 2-month break, the murder trial of William "Danny" Mason, and his co-accused, Ashton Vanegas, Keiron Fernandez, Terrence Fernandez, and Ernest Castillo was supposed to continue Monday, but it has now been delayed for an entire week.

During the last few months of this trial, DPP Cheryl-Lynn Vidal has presented volumes of evidence to prove that these 5 men were responsible for the 2016 beheading murder of Pastor Lewellyn Lucas. She closed her case at the end of July, and on September 2nd, the 5 defense attorneys for the accused men were supposed to begin presenting their defense, demonstrating why they believe that the DPP hasn't proven their guilt for the murder.

We showed up at court on Monday expecting to attend the case, when we were informed that several of the attorneys couldn't make it for the case, and so it was adjourned to today. When we showed up again this afternoon at the scheduled start time, we were informed by the court authorities that the trial will now resume on Monday to allow all attorneys to attend.

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