CHARLESTOWN, Nevis – THREE men, charged with the 2008 murder of Leon ‘G-man’ Westerman who was also known as ‘Gravo’, were set free on Monday (Apr. 27) and subsequently rearrested on the same day for the said offence.
The men, Asim ‘Sim’ Parris of Stoney Grove, Nevis; Dexter Sommersal of Prickley Pear Alley, Basseterre, St. Kitts; and Craig Halliday of Fort Thomas Road, Basseterre, St. Kitts, have since been returned to Her Majesty’s Prison to await their trial.
According to a police communiqué, the trio had appeared at the Nevis Circuit Court on Monday (Apr. 27) before Justice Lorraine Williams, who discharged them, ruling that the indictment was invalid and was founded on improper committal proceedings.
Westerman was the first of the 23 murder victims in 2008.
Sometime between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m. on January 28, 2008, Westerman was reportedly with a female American friend at Angela’s Bar on Main Street, Charlestown when he was approached and shot by two masked individuals.
Informed sources had told SKNVibes that a police unit was at that time patrolling in the vicinity of Main Street when they heard the report of gunfire.
Following investigations, the unit discovered a man, later identified as Westerman, was stumbling on the street. Further investigations revealed that he had been shot.
The police transported him to the Alexandra Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
At the time of his death, the 28-year-old was employed at the Sunshine Bar & Grill.
After four years (April 2012) of investigation, officers of the Nevis Division of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force had arrested and charged Halliday with Westerman’s murder.
And on Sunday, January 19, 2014, police arrested and charged Parris, while Sommersal was arrested and charged three days after.
