A judge in Grenada on Tuesday appointed a liquidator for a weekly newspaper that lost a libel case to a former prime minister of the Caribbean island.
Justice Claire Henry said she issued the order because the Grenada Today newspaper and former Prime Minister Keith Mitchell failed to agree on an arrangement on paying damages. A former accountant general was named to oversee sale of the paper's assets to compensate Mitchell.
The court last week ordered the newspaper to pay $71,000 in libel damages. Mitchell had sued over a 2001 letter to the editor that called him corrupt and incompetent.
Mitchell held power for 13 years before losing the 2008 general elections.
The newspaper was established in 1990 and employs nine people. Its demise would leave Grenada with four weekly papers.