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Taxi driver freed on murder charge

Jan 11, 2013 News

 

 

Taxi driver, Vincent Dennis Vandenburgh, 27, called ‘Wilder’ who had given  the court multiple addresses including Tucber Park, Coburg Street and Philadelphia Street, all in New Amsterdam, walked out of  the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court yesterday a free man, after the murder charge he was facing was discharged.
Vandenburgh was on trial for allegedly killing Lord Edwards, called Junior, or Rastaman, of Edinburgh Village, East Bank Berbice, and formerly of King Street, New Amsterdam, at Edinburgh in 2010.
The man, who was in hiding after the incident, had given himself up at the Central Police Station in the company of his lawyer, Mursaline Bacchus.
Edwards, 43, was found dead lying in a pool of blood in a yard not too far from where he resided.
Edwards allegedly had an altercation earlier in the morning with a taxi driver who had taken his car to a workshop in the village. An argument had ensued between the two men during which time Edwards allegedly went into his yard, picked up a piece of metal, and charged the driver who allegedly sought refuge in the mechanic shop.
It is understood that the driver also had a knife and after a while the argument ended. It is understood that subsequently Edwards was attacked by a group of men who entered his yard and slashed, stabbed and severely beat him.
The victim is said to have suffered injuries to his neck, forehead, chest, rib cage and other parts of his body.  A post mortem examination performed on the body by Dr. Vivekanand Brijmohan at the New Amsterdam hospital gave the cause of death as shock and haemorrhage due to multiple injuries.
According to a source, Vanderburgh was picked out during an Identification parade as one of the persons who was seen entering and leaving the victim’s yard.
In his no case submissions, attorney at law Mursaline Bacchus had stated that there was no case for his client to answer. He said that there was insufficient evidence to establish a prima facie case against his client.
He added that during the entire preliminary inquiry, in which the prosecution called 11 witnesses, including four police officers, no one gave evidence that they saw his client do anything to the now dead Edwards.
The prosecution case was conducted by Corporal Orin Joseph.

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