Frederick Newton
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Frederick Newton (1951 – 8 August 1986) was the head of the Dominica Defence Force (DDF) from its independence in 1978 to 1981. He was executed in 1986 for organising an attempted coup d'état in 1981 that resulted in the death of a police officer.[citation needed]
Newton was trained by the
commuted to life imprisonment, but in 1986, Newton became the only person to be executed by Dominica since its independence from the United Kingdom, when he was hanged in Roseau.[citation needed
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Sources
- New York Times, 1986-08-09
- Roberto Bissio (1997). The World Guide 1997/98: A View from the South (Rotherham: ISBN 1-869847-43-1) p. 222