The Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of Everton Welch, the Gray's Farm man convicted of the 1993 murder of former Customs Comptroller Rolston "Dolly House" Samuel. According to Antigua Observer, the ruling closes a legal challenge that stretched more than three decades since the killing.
Welch had been convicted of the murder in 1994, and his appeal sought to overturn that conviction. The court's dismissal brings finality to a case that has loomed over the local justice system for more than 30 years.
