The killing of Dominique — affectionately known as „Jean Do“ — shocked his many thousands of loyal listeners who enjoyed his broadcasts, aired in Creole rather than the „elite“ French.

Now a judge‘s report into the murders, read out in the appeal court, has named a former senator, Mirlande Liberus Pavert, as „the intellectual author“ of the killing. She was a member of the party led by the former president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.