Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi failed to appear in Magistrate's Court in Roseau, Dominica, on Monday for the start of the trial against him over his illegal entry into the Caribbean country, because he was suffering from "mental stress" and he experienced high blood pressure, his lawyers informed the court.

The case of Choksi, who has been accused of illegally entering the Caribbean nation, was heard by Chief Magistrate Candia Carette-George at the Magistrate's Court in Roseau.