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Water Street robbery/ murder…Taxi driver pleads guilty to manslaughter

Oct 28, 2015 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News

Joseph Williams, the lone accused implicated in the robbery/murder of handyman Victor Da Silva, has pleaded guilty. Williams, a taxi driver from Kitty pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter at the continuation of his trial, on Monday.  He had initially denied his involvement in the crime, before Justice Joann Barlow at the Georgetown High Court.
According to reports, Da Silva was shot and killed after a group of armed bandits ambushed and robbed him and his employer, Gas Station proprietor, Albert Gajadhar in Kingston on July 8, 2013.
At the time of the shooting, the two men were on their way to Republic Bank to make a deposit of cash.  The gunmen reportedly escaped with $8 million. Da Silva of Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara sustained at least four gunshot wounds about his body.
He died on the spot but Gajadhar was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he too sustained gunshot wounds.
Earlier in the trial, a video recording of an interview between the police and the accused was admitted and tendered as evidence in the trial.
According to the recording, the accused detailed to investigators that he was hired to be a chauffeur on the day of the incident.
He claimed that the man who hired him, told him of a plan to steal a motor car. He related that the man requested that he follow a Toyota Rav 4 vehicle.  The accused said that while following the vehicle, in the vicinity of Water Street, Georgetown, he heard loud sounds that appeared to be gunshots. Williams told the police that he was uncertain of what was happening at the time, thus he exited the vehicle and ran for cover. The man claimed that when he returned to the car, the passenger had left but the police subsequently arrested him at the scene.
Following the guilty plea on Monday, Williams’ Attorneys, Peter Hugh made a request for a Probation Report before sentence is passed.   Justice Barlow granted the request and deferred the case to November 6.

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