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  "id": 12426926,
  "title": "Reid trial rolls on despite lawyers’ absence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/reid-trial-rolls-on-despite-lawyers-absence-12426926",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T05:07:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jamaica Gleaner",
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    "url": "http://jamaica-gleaner.com/index%2Ephp/article/news/20261006/reid-trial-rolls-despite-lawyers-absence"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A judge on Monday did not allow the absence of defence attorney Hugh Wildman to delay the resumption of the oft-delayed fraud trial involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid. Wildman is the attorney for one of Reid’s co-accused, former Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President Professor Fritz Pinnock. Senior Parish Court Judge Sanchia Burrell revealed that the attorney sent an email at…",
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        "title": "Reid trial rolls on despite lawyers’ absence",
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        "published": "2026-10-06T05:07:30.000Z"
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