Suspect seeking to have matter discharged

Oct 23, 2009 News

Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Ali Hack, has been served with a writ seeking to have the murder charge against Lloyd Roberts dropped.
According to the document which was seen by this newspaper, an Order or Rule of Certiorari directed to the Director of Public Prosecution and the Commissioner of Police quashing their decision made on June 12 to institute criminal charges against Roberts.
The writ was filed on the grounds that the said proceedings were unconstitutional, unlawful without or in excess of jurisdiction and unsupported by any evidence.
The document further compels the DPP to withdraw and discontinue criminal proceedings instituted against Roberts for the offence of murder on the grounds that the continuation of such proceedings is capricious, vexatious, arbitrary, malicious and an abuse of power.
The document further alleges that the entire case against Roberts is based on the statement extracted from Tyrone Da Silva, who, according to the statement, was badly beaten and threatened by members of the Guyana Police Force.
It is also submitted in the document that the said Tyrone Da Silva is co-accused with Roberts for the said murder and as such is not compellable and is not competent to testify against Roberts.
The document states that the Director of Public prosecutions has a statutory and constitutional duty and obligation to ensure that there is legally admissible evidence in existence to support a charge before allowing it to continue as the ultimate and sole authority empowered to withdraw and discontinue criminal proceedings.
The applicant, Lloyd Roberts is calling on the DPP to exercise her discretion to withdraw and discontinue these proceedings.
The writ was filed on July 31,2009 and up to today’s date the DPP is yet to respond.
Another suspect in the murder Jermoe Parkes had the murder charge discharge after, investigators found out that he had only supplied the persons with a boat. He has since been charged for procuring murder.
The decomposing remains of Romeo De Agrella and Clint De Agrella of Grant Strong, Hope, Lower Pomeroon River, were found days after they failed to return home. A post-mortem examination revealed that they died from multiple gunshot wounds.
Police officials had told this newspaper that the murders were drug related. The police had also stated that investigations revealed that the victims had left Venezuela and after not returning as expected, they were reported as missing on March 22.
It was further revealed that their bodies were found with gunshot wounds while their boat bore bullet holes. It was recovered without the outboard motor engine. The boat was found overturned in the Waini River by the occupants of a passing passenger vessel. It was subsequently pulled ashore.
Meanwhile the police are still trying to locate former policeman Sean Belfield called “Back-up”, whom they say is linked to the double murders.
Belfield who is no stranger to the police and was a former policeman, was arrested in neighbouring Suriname after a cocaine bust.
He was held along with now convicted drug trafficker Shaheed Roger Khan and Paul Rodrigues.
They were later deported to Guyana and pleaded guilty on the charge of illegal departure and were fined $20,000 each at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court. They were accused of departing by sea between June 15 and June 16, 2006 at Springlands, Corentyne from a port not authorised for such departures.

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