The parents of a Canadian man beaten to death at a resort in Punta Cana have been granted an appeal after a judge said several errors were committed in a previous trial.
Jordan Morrison, 19, died in February 2011 after injuries sustained in an altercation that began at the bar of the Punta Cana Grand Paradise in Bavaro, when he tried to defend a young woman from several men being rude to her. Five men from the Montreal area were detained but only two men were arrested.
Last year, Dymtro Aref Yev was found guilty of Morrison’s death. He is appealing his 10-year sentence. His co-accused, Bouzid Redha, was released after the judge determined it was Yev who had struck the fatal blow, and is believed to be back in Montreal.
Morrison’s parents, Carrie McGinnis and Dale Morrison, have travelled back and forth to the DR for the past two years, and the judge has now said that Redha must appear in court on April 22.
However, there is no extradition law between Canada and the Dominican Republic. If Redha does not appear he wouldn’t be brought to justice until he tried to leave Canada, when an international arrest warrant filed with Interpol would be flagged.
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