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Joel Balcon - Joel Balcon, one of the two suspects held for Andrea Bharatt’s kidnapping and murder, may have been beaten to death. An autopsy revealed he died from multiple blunt force trauma to the body. The autopsy was done by pathologist Dr Eslyn Mc Donald-Burris at the Forensic Sciences Centre in St James on Wednesday around noon. Balcon, 36, who had 70 charges against him for rape, kidnapping, robbery and larceny, among other things, died at the Intensive Care Unit at the Eric Williams ...

Private autopsy: Bharatt died from blunt trauma to the head Murder victim Andrea Bharatt A PRIVATE autopsy on Tuesday has revealed that court clerk Andrea Bharatt died from blunt force trauma injuries to her head. Whether these injuries were caused by a wilful physical attack, by her falling or by her being thrown down a precipice remains a mystery. The autopsy – done a day after an initial examination proved inconclusive – was performed by Prof Hubert Daisley at Boodoos Funeral Home in C...

Daughter of slain Preysal teacher: I forgive him Wednesday 6 January 2021 Suzette Sylvester, 48, a school teacher at Preysal Secondary School, found dead in a pool of blood at her Mowlah Road Ext, home Preysal. Despite the name-calling by social media users to refer to the suspect in the murder of Preysal school teacher, Suzette Sylvester, her daughter, had no negative comments to make against him, and forgives him for the crime. Sylvester’s 25-year-old daughter, who asked to be unnamed, cons...

David West, Director of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA). Director of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), David West, believes the new amendments to legislation governing its operations will greatly assist the independent body with its investigations in 2021. This, as it celebrates its 10th year of operation. Speaking on CNC3’s The Morning Brew, West says he expects all revisions to take place before April 2021. He points out that amendments dealing with the investigators getting info...

The Police Service has confirmed that a prisoner who was detained on Christmas Day pending inquiries into a report of wounding, was found dead in his cell at the Tunapuna Police Station earlier today, Sunday 27 December 2020. According to an official statement from the TTPS, officers at the station were alerted by a shout from another prisoner around 8.16 am today. On checking, officers found 50-year-old DHANRAJ MANAN of El Dorado, slumped over the toilet bowl.  He appeared unresponsive. The P...