‘Bolo’ freed of pensioner’s murder

Jul 26, 2013 News

Shawn ‘Bolo’ Smith yesterday walked out of the High Court a free man after a 12-member jury returned with a verdict of not guilty. Smith was accused of murdering South Ruimveldt pensioner Hector Fitzroy Marshall, in 2009.
The matter was being heard before Justice James Bovell-Drakes. State Prosecutor Natasha Backer and Dhanika Singh presented the case. Smith was represented by attorney at law Peter Hugh.

Shawn ‘Bolo’ Smith

Smith was indicted for the murder of 64-year-old Marshall, which occurred between January 18 and 19, 2009, at South Ruimveldt. The trial began a little over a week ago. The prosecution closed its case after presenting several witnesses, including the son of the deceased, Julian Cort Edmonds. He told the court during his testimony that on January 19, 2009, he was at work when he received a phone call concerning his father, so he went to get his mother, and they proceeded to his father’s Lot 362 Powis Close, South Ruimveldt Park home.
Edmonds recalled that when they got there, he saw persons gathered outside the yard and police officers inside. He continued that he went into the house, which was ransacked, and proceeded into his father’s room where he saw his lifeless body. The witness recounted that his father’s hands were tied behind his back and his feet were bound together. He added that there was a piece of cloth around his father’s neck.
According to the prosecution, the accused man’s fingerprints were found on a gift box, which was taken into evidence by the police from the murder victim’s home.