BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan 21, CMC – Less than 24 hours after delivering judgement in a case at the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court, magistrate Oliver Thomas, who was appointed to the post a mere three weeks ago, has died.
The 39-year-old Thomas, a former prosecutor, died following a sudden, acute illness.
Thomas, who is survived by his wife, was admitted to the Bar in 2014 and joined the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions a year later.He was a Principal State Counsel prior to his swearing in as a magistrate on January 2.
Thomas is the grandson of the late Marcus Thomas, the first Police Commissioner of St Vincent and the Grenadines, while his father, the late Justice Errol Thomas, served as a High Court judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.
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