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Shooting death at Subryanville hotel Six witnesses remain in murder PI
Special Prosecutor, Attorney-at-Law Dexter Todd, who was assigned by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), is expected to call six remaining witnesses to testify in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of the man who was allegedly shot by the owner of the Subryanville hotel last August.
Forty-five-year-old Erwin Bacchus, of Fifth Avenue, Subryanville, is currently on remand for the offence.
Charged Erwin Bacchus
Bacchus was not required to plead to the indictable offence which stated that on August 4, last, he murdered Jason De Florimonte.
The PI into the murder is being heard by Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Providence Magistrates’ Courts.
The PI which was initially being conducted in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts was transferred to the Providence Magistrates’ Courts after Magistrate Latchman was transferred to that court on January 1, 2019.
The six remaining witnesses are all expected to testify today when the matter is called.
However the Special Prosecutor noted that some of the witnesses are not showing up in court when the matter is called.
The move to assign a Special Prosecutor instead of a Police Prosecutor came after De Florimonte’s relatives complained to the Police Complaints Authority and the Crime Chief about several alleged discrepancies involving the manner in which the case was being handled by the police.
Bacchus is being represented by Attorneys-at-law, Glenn Hanoman and Nigel Hughes.
The lawyers are contending that their client was trying to defend himself after he was attacked by De Florimonte who was at the time allegedly armed with a knife and a rolling pin.
However, police state that on the day in question, around 01:00 hrs, De Florimonte was seen abusing a female and the handyman went to part them. Soon after, an argument ensued between them.
According to information, an autopsy conducted on 30-year-old De Florimonte, of 96 Fifth Avenue Subryanville, revealed that he was shot three times about his body.
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