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Man confesses to being messenger of death in murder case
By Terresa McCall
Reporter-SKNVibes.com
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Romeo Cannonier leaving the Courthouse
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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - THE second witness in the case that Sheldon Isaac, Romeo Cannonier, Ruedeney Williams and Louis Gardner are accused of murdering and conspiring to murder Gavin Gilbert, told the court yesterday that he delivered the instructions to have the said individual killed.
According to the indictment, the men, sometime between December 2004 and March 21, 2005, conspired to murder Gavin Gilbert who was murdered just outside of his Saddlers Village home on the latter date.
The witness, who has requested some measure of anonymity, told the court that he knew the four accused and identified them as Hatcher, Buncum, Denney and Tooloo.
He indicated that in November 2004, he went to prison for a six-week period, during which time he spoke with Buncum who was also in prison.
“While in prison I met Buncum. We spoke…He asked me if I got the gun from Magilla. We spoke again while I was in prison. I went to work one day and when I came back I told him that the police found Magilla with a gun. He said he ain’t know nothing (about that)…He told me when I get out of prison to tell Tooloo to get rid of Magilla. I understood that to mean kill him.”
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Sheldon Isaac (green shirt), Ruedeney Williams (brown shirt) and Louis Gardner (brown/white shirt) leaving the Courthouse
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The witness told the court that when he got out of prison he communicated the message to Tooloo as he was told to do. Later on, the witness explained, he spoke with Hatcher, who volunteered his services in executing the death warrant on Magilla.
“I spoke to Hatcher. I asked him what’s up and he said ‘alright’. He said Magilla was going to testify against Buncum. He said he will get rid of him. Tooloo was there at the same time…”
Another witness in the case, Olivia James, told the court that at about 8:00 on the night Gilbert was murdered, she returned to her home and proceeded washing some clothes. James said while washing, she “heard something like a gunshot” and she looked in the direction of Gavin Gilbert’s house.
“I did not see anything so I sat back down. Then I heard a few more gunshots. I heard two more…” On hearing the other gunshots, James said she again looked in the direction in which Gilbert’s house was situated and she saw “two figures dressed in all black running through the track that leads to the beach. The track is right beside Gavin Gilbert’s house”.
~~Adz:Left~~James said she went to Gilbert’s residence to see what had happened and met a crowd and Gilbert laying face-down. He was clad in a pair of boxers, a shirt, no pants and no shoes.
Evidence was also heard from Forensic Pathologist Dr. Stephen Jones who indicated that Gilbert died as a result of gunshot injuries to the head, chest and abdomen with haemmorhage and shock.
While one witness was unable to testify, as she appeared very emotional and seemingly incapable of regaining her composure, another was called but an unprecedented interruption took place when he fainted while in the witness box. The Emergency Medical Services was summoned and the young man left the court house and boarded the EMS vehicle.
The case continues today when more of the witnesses, numbered in excess of 20, will be called to give evidence.
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