Constitutionl Court rules in favour of Norman Lowell
The Constitutional Court approved an application by Norman Lowell who had complained he was denied the right to appeal a conviction because of a procedural technicality.
Far-rightist Norman Lowell had been convicted to two years’ imprisonment and suspended for four on incitement to racial hatred. Lowell had since claimed he has been denied the right to appeal.
Lowell, by not briefly indicating the facts of his case, had not followed the requirements laid down by the law. However, the Constitutional Court ruled that Lowell could not be denied the right to appeal because of a technicality and the case needed to be decided on the basis of its merits.
The appeal should be heard, the Constitutional Court said, as it found the decision of the Appeals Court in breach of Lowell’s human rights.
