Sint Maarten arrests bode well for the island's future

12:56 AM Mon 2 May 2011 GMT

'Sailing paradise' .

There has been a collective sigh of relief by all in the yacht industry in Sint Maarten (St Martin), one of the great sailing venues of the Caribbean, after the arrest of three Domincan men for the grisley murder of 37-year-old French causcasian cook from the mega yacht Cheetah Moon, Ludivic Guillevin, in February. They have also been accused of the murder of two other men on the half Dutch (Sint Maarten), half French(St Martin) island. Occurring just before the Heineken Regatta in St. Martin, it had cast a pall over the island. St. Martin is a huge base to ...

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