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Albouystown murder accused freed
Leonard Allicock, who was accused of chopping Albouytown resident, Wendell Tappin, to death, was yesterday
Freed Leonard Allicock
acquitted of murder.
Allicock, who was on trial before Justice Diana Insanally and a mixed 12-member jury at the High Court, is alleged to have murdered Tappin at Hill Street, Albouystown on New Year’s Eve in 2009.
Initials reports are that Tapping left his home on New Year’s Eve to collect a phone that he had given to someone to charge in Hill Street, Albouystown, when he was confronted by two men; one of them held him down while the other chopped him. Allicock was later arrested and charged for the crime.
He was set free after the jury returned a verdict of not guilty for the offence, yesterday. During the summing up, the judge recounted the evidence presented by the witnesses and directed the jury to use logic as they deliberated on the outcome.
Allicock was represented by Attorney-at –Law, Euclin Gomes while Attorney- at- law, Mercedes Thompson represented the state’s case.
During the trial police witness Adrian Jeffrey, the arresting officer, told the court that when he arrived at the crime scene, he acted on information and apprehended four persons, one of whom he named as Allicock. However, when Gomes cross-examined him, he was unable to accurately identify the accused, who was seated in the prisoner’s dock.
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