Beenie Man had been dragging this case along since 2007, when he was charged with tax evasion. The tax authorities were then claiming no less than 47 million Jamaican dollars (€460,000) from the deejay.
Beenie Man can now think about other things: the charges were dropped yesterday, Tuesday 30 September, by Judge Owen Parkin. Not for lack of evidence, but because it was found that Beenie Man had not been informed of his rights at the start of the investigation last year. Ray Alexander, his agent, said that the deejay's first words on hearing the court's announcement were "Rastafari, thanks Jah", and that he now feels "relieved of a burden".