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‘Who dropped the ball?’ Police grilled on St Omer case

19 August 2026
This content originally appeared on St. Lucia Times.
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She said, however, that agencies involved in the case likely talked about how to prevent similar situations and improve how police stations and units respond.Reporters pressed further, raising concerns about the bail process for the suspect in the St Omer case. The suspect was reportedly granted bail less than a month before Joy was killed.Journalist Dale Elliot asked why information the police prosecution reportedly gave at the Magistrate’s Court, where bail was denied, did not seem to lead to opposition to bail when the case reached the High Court.