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Hotel Owner and Alleged Hitman’s PI… Five more witnesses testify
Continuing with the preliminary inquiry into the matter of Mark Grimmond and Chatterpaul Singh who were charged with conspiracy to commit murder on Dwayne Grant a businessman, the duo on Tuesday stood in the prisoners’ dock and listened to five other witnesses testify.
Mark Grimmond
Chanderpaul Singh
Both accused are out on bail. Grimmond was represented by Attorney-at-law Bernard DaSilva while Singh was unrepresented.
During Tuesday’s proceedings which was conducted before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, the five other witnesses stood in the witness box, and under oath they testified.
On the previous court appearance a series of screenshots, videos and audio were shown to the court by a witness. The evidence extracted from Singh’s phone is said to be a conversation between the two accused. The preliminary inquiry is ongoing and the two accused are expected to make their next court appearance soon.
The accused were not required to plea to the indictable charge which stated that between April 1, 2018 and June 7, 2019, in Georgetown, they conspired with each other and persons unknown to murder Dwayne Grant, a businessman from Lethem.
According to the facts of the charge, Grant received certain information that the men were plotting to kill him and he reported it to the police. The police ranks acting on the report went to a hotel where they made contact with Singh.
Singh was arrested and at that point in time he was reportedly found with a firearm. In a detailed conversation with the police, Singh admitted that he was contracted by Grimmond to kill Grant.
Grimmond was subsequently arrested and the allegation of conspiracy to commit murder was put to him.
A conversation, between the two accused were obtained by the police. Based on advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) the charge was instituted.
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