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Four men in Robb St. murder to get trial date today
A date for the commencement of the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the death of 72- year-old Robb Street resident Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris is expected to be given today to the four men who are accused of assassinating the elderly woman in her home on June 30, 2011.
Slain Robb Street woman, Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris
Orin Hinds, 35, of Burnham Boulevard, Mocha, East Bank Demerara; Cleon Hinds, 34, of 23 Middle Road, Albouystown; Kevin October, 29, of Second Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara; and Roy Jacobs, 34 of Evans Street, Charlestown; were remanded late last year for Parris’s murder.
The matter is being heard by Magistrate Sueanna Lovell. The case had been called on numerous occasions, but according to the court prosecutor, the matter could not get underway because of unforeseen circumstances.
It was revealed that on some occasions the file did not reach the prosecutor nor did the lawyers turn up in court. It was also said that the police were conducting further investigations since the murder appeared to be the doings of covert parties.
It was however revealed that the lawyers representing the accused had asked for a paper committal and further asked that the file be sent to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice. The police had revealed that the four men had been hired by persons unknown to commit the murder and they were reportedly paid $400,000. During investigations, the lawmen were convinced that there had been a fifth and sixth party involved in the crime.
When Jacobs had appeared before the court he was fingered as the mastermind of the operation. It was alleged that he hired other persons to kill the woman who apparently developed enemies since she was involved in a bitter court battle over the property in which she lived at Lot 42 Robb Street.
The men had entered the woman’s house while others waited a corner away from the house in a vehicle. Parris was shot twice under the armpit, once in the chest and once in the back by the gunmen.
Initial reports were that on the night in question, two men went up the flight of stairs leading to the woman’s front door where they encountered the victim’s brother. They inquired about Parris’s whereabouts and upon hearing persons asking for her, the woman appeared at the door. The men opened fire on the elderly woman hitting her several times about the body.
It is alleged that the woman’s brother tried to tackle the gunmen but he was overpowered and pushed aside. Subsequent to the shooting the men made their way back down the stairs and escaped via a waiting vehicle.
Parris was rushed to the hospital but had succumbed shortly after arriving.
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