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Buju Banton's Trial has been pushed back, again.

Published: Sep 3, 2010 by rastamasta Filed under: News Views: 225 Tags:
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Buju BantonBuju Banton's Trial has been pushed back again leaving the Jamaican Dancehall/Reggae superstar to spend even more time behind bars in America. Buju is currently trying to clear his name and this latest development has left his legal team in further frustration sources say.

"The trial was pushed back to September 20 despite our objection" David Oscar Markus of Buju Banton's Legal Team was quoted as saying. "We are ready to go and Buju is looking forward to his day in court" Markus added.

US District Judge James Moody Jr granted a one week delay in the start of the trial last week based on a request by attorneys representing one of Buju's co-defendants, James Mack. Mack's lawyer apparently wrote to the court requesting more time to build up a defence.

This is the fifth change in the planned start of Buju's trial, he is being held in custody in Florida since last December when he was arrested on charges of conspiracy to possess cocaine, and aiding and abetting the possession of a firearm in a drug trafficking crime.

Buju Banton (real name is Mark Myrie) - James Mack, and Ian Thomas were held following a sting operation by US law- enforcement officials.

The new trial date is just over one week before the scheduled release of Buju Banton's latest album 'Before The Dawn' with the feature track entitled 'Innocent'.


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