Defence to present no case submission in Subryanville hotel shooting

Apr 09, 2019 News

Accused: Erwin Bacchus

The attorneys-at-law, Glenn Hanoman and Nigel Hughes, representing the accused in the Subryanville Hotel fatal shooting case, will be presenting a no case submission on the next occasion that the matter is called.

Forty-five-year-old Erwin Bacchus, of Fifth Avenue, Subryanville, is currently on remand for the offence before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Providence Magistrates’ Courts.

Bacchus was not required to plead to the indictable offence which stated that on August 4, last, he murdered Jason De Florimonte.

Last Friday special prosecutor, attorney-at-law Dexter Todd, closed his case on behalf of the state after disclosing the post mortem report to the court.

Doctor Nehaul Singh, the pathologist who conducted the post-mortem, was also called to testify in the preliminary inquiry.

Todd was assigned to the case by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) instead of a Police Prosecutor 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.

The lawyers for the defendants 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, the police stated that on the day in question, around 01:00 hrs, De Florimonte, 30, of Lot 96 Fifth Avenue, Subryanville, 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 De Florimonte, revealed that he was shot three times about his body.

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