CVM Television Limited v Michael Troupe and Sylvan Reid and Television Jamaica Limited v Michael Troupe and Sylvan Reid [Consolidated Claims]

Civil Appeal-Defamation-Allegations that elected political representatives involved in lottery scamming-Broadcast of police operations-Comments by police and journalist regarding police operations and allegation-Whether words defamatory-Fair comment-Whether words uttered were statements of fact or comments-Whether basic facts underlying the comments were substantially true-Reynolds privilege-Whether judge erred in law in rejecting the defence-Whether media houses were required to verify the statements and allegations included in broadcast-Whether broadcast were hasty and sensational-Whether broadcasts wrongly included the defamatory material