Rex Lassalle

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Reginald Andrew Lassalle, better known as Rex Lassalle (born 1945) is a former lieutenant in the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment who, together with Raffique Shah led a mutiny by the Regiment on April 21, 1970 (see Black Power Revolution).

Lasalle attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from January of 1965 to December of 1966. After returning he served as a second lieutenant and then a lieutenant. Following the mutiny he was charged with over fifty offenses including treason and mutiny. Although he was never actually tried for treason he was court martialed in March of 1971 and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. He appealed, won the appeal, and was eventually set free after and appeal by the State to the Privy Council and was freed on July 27, 1972. In total he served 27 months in prison.

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• Anthony, Michael (2001). Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago. Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Md., and London. ISBN 0-8108-3173-2.