There’s no secret that government has been slow to pay tax refunds, and yesterday it received a multimillion-dollar reprimand from the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal over the practice.

High Court judge Justice Richard Floyd has reserved his decision against Avie Howell and Kaniel Martin, who were convicted for killing three people.

Attorney General Justin Simon, QC, has dispelled the notion that the British government has insisted that the death penalty be taken off the cards for anyone found guilty of killing Welsh couple Benjamin and Dr Catherine Mullany.