Grenada's opposition National Democratic Congress is calling for an investigation into an alleged recording of a meeting of top party officials by a police officer, on Tuesday night.

The officer has said he was operating on orders from a senior member of the Royal Grenada police force.

Following Tuesday night's incident the NDC's general secretary Peter David accused the government of spying on its meetings.

The police officer at the heart of that controversy has complained to authorities that he was detained against his will, allegedly beaten and some of his personal property confiscated.

The police commissioner Winston James has ordered an investigation into the incident.

Osborne faces expulsion

	Mr Osborne is the former leader of the volcano-ravaged island

Montserrat's former Chief Minister John Osborne is facing expulsion from the party he formed 30 years ago - the New Peoples Liberation Movement.

Mr Osborne says the members have no authority to expel him from the party.

But NPLM chairman Idabelle Meade told BBC Caribbean there were good reasons for taking that decision.

She said Mr Osborne had taken a decision to expel her and her colleague, Margaret Dyer-Howe, without consulting with the party.

She said Mr Osborne had also indicated he was planning to retire shortly, and the party felt it was in their best interest to move forward without him.

SVG murder accused freed

The man accused of causing the death of the St Vincent prime minister's press secretary Glen Jackson, on Wednesday walked out of court a free man.

Mr Jackson died of a single gunshot to the back in March 2006.

Justice Bruce Lyle had earlier this week ruled that investigators had not followed the proper procedure, and that a confession obtained by the police from Francis "Prickle" Williams was not admissible.

Justice Lyle later advised the twelve-member jury to return a not guilty verdict.

Dominica Speaker wins in court

Dominica's Speaker of parliament on Wednesday said she felt vindicated, after a court ruled in her favour in a case brought by the opposition United Workers Party.

Following a verbal confrontation in the House in January of last year, the Speaker ordered six UWP parliamentarians suspended from the House.

They were protesting that their questions placed on the order paper had been changed by Speaker Alix Boyd-Knights.

Mrs Boyd-Knights said at the time that she'd made the changes because some parts of the questions did not conform with the Standing Orders of the House.

Justice Davidson Baptiste heard the case last June, and on Wednesday he ruled that the actions of the Speaker were in order.

Opposition leader Earl Williams said taking the parliamentary option open to the opposition MPs would have handed the governing Labour Party another victory.

He said the UWP's case was in pursuit of natural justice.

Former minister goes to court

A former junior minister in Jamaica charged with fraud goes before the courts in Kingston on Thursday.

Kern Spencer, 33, is charged along with his former personal assistant Coleen Wright and businessman Rodney Chin, in connection with the Cuban light bulb scandal.

Mr Spencer is charged with three counts of conspiracy to defraud from July 2006 to September 2007.