Noel was detained and questioned by police last month on suspicion of criminal libel after reporting on bribery allegations against Prime Minister Keith Mitchell made in the Miami-based newsletter, OffshoreAlert. Noel was never charged.

The April 30 OffshoreAlert article alleged Mitchell accepted a US$500,000 payoff from a German-born man in exchange for a trade minister position.

Mitchell has vehemently denied it, and he filed a criminal libel lawsuit against OffshoreAlert and publisher David Marchant last month. Marchant has said he stands by the story.

Mitchell's government issued a statement last month warning that "the full force of the law" would face anyone "responsible or associated" with the publication of the report.