BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - ONE new murder case has been added to the five that were traversed from the May 2012 Criminal Assizes.
The case is that of Erastus Laville who is said to have murdered Wendell Wilkinson allegedly committed on July 8, 2011 in Basseterre.
The five unheard cases are those of a juvenile; Nelson Challenger, Shenroy Francis, Jami Rawlins, Glenroy Smithen and Moses Gardner; Denver Fyfield; Amal Whyte and Devon Fyfield; Kelroy ‘C-Face’ Hazel and Jahari ‘Baddie’ Bart.
Challenger, Francis, Rawlins, Smithen and Gardner are expected to stand trial for the murder/manslaughter of Gregory Zakers on April 10, 2008.
The juvenile is faced with a murder charge for the killing of 14-year-old Bejay Dore on April 3, 2009.
Denver Fyfield is charged with the murder of Hendricks Roberts who was killed sometime between June 20 and June 21, while Whyte and Devon Fyfield have yet to be tried for the June 23, 2005 murder of Hubert Phipps.
Hazel and Bart's case had begun during the May 2012 Criminal Assizes on July 5, but was declared a mistrial days later after it was discovered that one of the jurors sitting the case was a relative of the accused brothers.
Meanwhile, Alpha Duporte is expected to be sentenced during this Assizes pending psychiatric evaluation.
He was found guilty on December 5, 2011 for the murder of Dexter ‘Asbal’ Marsham and guilty of two counts of the attempted murder of Royden Gumbs and Jessica Gumbs which took place in Godwin Ghaut on July 18, 2009.
