NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Two males accused of murdering former authorities legislator Donald Saunders will return to court docket on Might 30 for the presentation of a voluntary invoice of indictment, which is able to ship the case to the Supreme Court docket for trial.
The boys, Jaico Choute, 25, and Nicarson Nixon, 21, made their first look in court docket on Monday, charged with homicide, armed theft, and tried armed theft.
They appeared earlier than Chief Justice of the Peace Roberto Reckley with the prosecution, saying that they murdered Saunders at a bar on March 27 this 12 months whereas trying to rob him. They’re additionally accused of stealing a bar price US$650.
The accused weren’t required to enter pleas and remanded into custody. Nonetheless, they had been suggested of their proper to hunt bail within the Supreme Court docket.
Lawyer David Money, who represents Nixon, instructed the court docket that police “unlawfully assaulted each males” to coerce them into taking part in a recorded interview.
The lawyer requested the Justice of the Peace to look at the accused by a physician upon admission to the jail.
He additionally argued that the armed theft cost was not appropriately particularized and that the prosecution had failed to call the one that was robbed on the bar.
Saunders, 48, the foster baby of Archdeacon Keith Cartwright, was an lawyer and father of two who served as a deputy chairman of the primary opposition Free Nationwide Motion (FNM).
In the meantime, Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander has dismissed options that Saunders’ homicide was solved rapidly due to his standing within the nation.
“We had 37 murders for the 12 months, and our [detection] fee is 73 % at the moment. You don’t see that wherever on the earth. Give your officers some credit score,” he instructed reporters.
Fernander stated it’s merely a matter of the proof obtainable relating to the homicide of the previous deputy speaker of parliament, insisting, “As we take care of the investigation in any matter, we pursue it based mostly on the data and the proof that we have now readily available.
“There (are) going to be issues that we name a slam dunk case as a result of all of the proof is true there. So, the primary 48 hours in any investigation [are] essential, and that determines the (detection) fee of that,” he added.
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