Ex-con committed to stand trial for killing ‘Saga’

Feb 22, 2019 News

Ex-con, Aubrey Bobb, 27, of Kitty, Georgetown, has been committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder of businessman, Godfrey Scipio, called ‘Saga’.

Charged Aubrey Bobb

The committal came after Senior Magistrate Leron Daly concluded a preliminary inquiry into the offence on Wednesday. She ruled there was sufficient evidence against Bobb.
It is alleged that Bobb shot and killed Scipio on October 27, 2017.
It was reported that Scipio, of D’Urban Street, Wortmanville, was shot in the chest as he was leaving a city hotel. He succumbed at the Woodlands Hospital.
Police had reported that Bobb was nabbed at his William Street, Kitty, Georgetown home which is located a few buildings away from where the killing occurred.
Kaieteur News understands that CCTV footage of the attack helped investigators to identify and track him down.
Reports are that the murder accused told detectives that he was in the area, and saw Scipio, who was wearing a gold chain, enter the hotel.

Dead Godfrey Scipio called, ‘Saga.

At the time, Bobb claimed he was armed with an ice-pick, but later decided that a gun would be more effective.
It was also reported that when Scipio exited the hotel, the murder accused accosted the businessman and shot him.
Scipio had been selling at the Berbice car park for several years, and was known for wearing lots of gold jewellery.
Police are still to recover the slain man’s gold chain and murder weapon.
After Bobb was charged with Scipio’s murder, he implicated former Police Corporal Derwin Eastman and his colleague, Police Constable Jemison Williams, in the crime.
Both of them are jointly charged with Scipio’s murder and are currently on remand.
The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into their matter is currently on going before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
According to reports, Bobb alleged that Eastman is the mastermind behind the killing since he allegedly provided the gun.

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