Keith Clarke case: Good faith certificates to be tested following Appeal Court ruling

Former Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Adley Duncan, has shared additional information on the next phase of the case involving three soldiers charged with the killing of accountant Keith Clarke in 2010, following Friday day's Court of Appeal ruling.

Mr Duncan, speaking Friday on Radio Jamaica’s Beyond the Headlines, explained that there will be a preliminary proceeding in court before the trial, to test the good faith certificates issued by the then Minister of National Security.

The Court of Appeal, in its decision made public on Friday, struck down a ruling of the Constitutional Court which had determined that the certificates of immunity issued to the three soldiers were invalid. 

But, the Appeal Court also ruled that the impact of the Good Faith Certificates issued in 2016 is to be decided by the trial judge.

Mr Duncan explained that, with the latest ruling, the trial will not immediately proceed on the murder charges, because a decision is needed on the good faith certificates.