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Colin Bentinck murder trial to begin on Friday
The murder trial of a man who is accused of beheading another will begin on Friday in the Berbice High
Colin Bentick
Court before Justice James Bovell-Drakes.
The man, Colin Bentinck, 39, of Number 42 (Seafield) Village, West Coast Berbice, is to be tried for the murder of Elton Shepherd, a clothes vendor at Seafield, West Coast Berbice on October ,31 2008.
The case which was scheduled to begin yesterday did not get underway, because the accused did not have a lawyer. He is expected to be provided with a state-appointed one. Attorney at law Rondell Weaver is prosecuting on behalf of the state.
Reports were that Bentinck had launched an attack with a cutlass on Shepherd who was at the time having lunch underneath a house with friends. Shepherd allegedly ran for his life but fell in the process and was attacked by the accused.
A Preliminary Inquiry was conducted by then Magistrate Tejnarine Ramroop, and a prima facie case was made out.
Police prosecutor, Inspector Donna Grant-Fraser, had led several witnesses to prove that on October 31, 2008, the dreadlocked Bentinck killed Elton Shepherd.
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