Thread: Trinidad Immigrant Facing Deportation Refuses To Help In Mur

April 13, 2009
CaribWorldNews, NASHVILLE, TN, Thurs. April 9, 2009: A decades old murder case in Nashville is largely hinging on the testimony of a Trinidad immigrant facing deportation.

But Sheldon Anter, who is facing deportation, is refusing to testify unless he gets some sort of immigration relief. According to the Tennessean, Anter claimed the prosecutor in the case reneged on a promise to help with his immigration status.

`They didn’t hold to their part of the bargain, but Sheldon did,` the paper quoted Anter’s sister, Anne Graves, as saying. `Sheldon was a legal resident, like all of us, but he got in some trouble. I pray to God they don’t send him back. All his family is here.`

Anter, 40, is a key witness for the prosecution against Jerome Barrett, who is accused of killing nine-year-old Marcia Trimble.

Anter migrated to the U.S. legally from Trinidad in 1985 got into trouble with the law for stealing, forgery and traffic offenses.

He was deported in 2003 but returned to the country and now faces deportation again.

The state prosecutor has declined comment on the case.



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But Sheldon Anter, who is facing deportation, is refusing to testify unless he gets some sort of immigration relief.

The illegal alien should testify because it's the right thing to do. For God sake, it was a 9 year old girl that was murdered - doesn't the criminal bum have a conscience? Federal authorities should not succumb to his blackmail attempt! Furthermore, if a person who offers to perform a sex act with an undercover officer for money can be arrested for solicitation of prostitution, why can't Mr. Anter be charged criminally for solicitation of a bribe? After all, he is requesting something of value to perform a task that should be considered a civic obligation! .