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Rosignol Murder accused freed
Murder accused Ashton Lambert, 20, of Mc Rae Street, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice walked out of The Berbice High court a free man. This was after the mixed jury sitting in the Rosignol Murder trial at the Berbice High Court on Friday returned with a formal verdict of not guilty of murder and manslaughter. The jury had earlier listened to the summation of Justice Dawn Gregory and retired for just
Ashton Lambert
under two hours to consider the evidence.
The judge had used part of the morning hours to sum up the evidence.
Lambert was accused of killing Bharrat Thatpaul, 33, called “Sunil”, a cane cutter and taxi driver of 192 Shieldstown, West Bank Berbice. The killing occurred on Tuesday February 22, 2011 following a misunderstanding.
The defence had earlier closed its case on Wednesday following the prosecution which did so on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Justice Dawn Gregory, had overruled defence attorney Murseline Bacchus and Perry Gossai’s no case submissions and called on the accused to lead a defence.
The defence had then sought permission to recall police detective corporal Duke Jacques for further cross examination after what defence counsel Murseline Bacchus had pointed out was some inconsistency in the earlier evidence and in the taking of the caution statement.
It was pointed out in that statement that there were inconsistencies with the timing of the statement and the time the accused allegedly took the police to the crime scene.
The judge had then ruled as inadmissible the statement which was earlier admitted into evidence since it was tainted with many inconsistencies.
At that stage, the defence attorney declined his right to address the jury thus denying the prosecution the opportunity to do likewise.
In her opening address prosecutor Mc Cammon had told the court that on the day in question Thatpaul a cane cutter and taxi driver, Mohammed Razack and one “Popo” were drinking at various spots on the West Coast Berbice.
They eventually ended up at a snackette on the Rosignol Stelling Road where an argument developed between Bharrat and another man during which time Bharrat was stabbed.
Thatpaul’s body was picked up and taken to the Fort Wellington hospital where the victim was pronounced dead on arrival.
During the trial the prosecution called six witnesses, including main prosecution witness who testified to seeing the accused plunge a knife into the shoulder of the deceased, detective Corporal Duke Jacques, Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh, the wife of the deceased, Omawatie Basdeo, an aunt of the deceased, Silvanie Heralall, and barman Rajbeer.
Bharat Thatpaul
After returning with the formal verdict of not guilty of murder the judge told the accused that he was free to go. The accused quickly left the court room.
Relatives of Thatpaul including his wife broke down in tears outside of the courtroom and had to be consoled.
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