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Six men from Morvant who were accused of shooting to death another man in the area in 2009 have all been freed of the capital offence.

Sean Luke - FOUR months after they pleaded not-guilty to the brutal murder of six-year-old Sean Luke in 2006, prosecutors have presented all their evidence against Akeel Mitchell and Richard Chatoo and have closed their case. Mitchell and Chatoo, who were teenagers when they were charged with the boy’s murder on a date unknown, between March 25 and 29, 2006, in Couva, entered their not-guilty pleas on February 12, before Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds, having opted for a judge-only trial. On Monday, the State closed its case after presenting evidence from 37 witnesses as well as DNA results ...

Minor hitch in Sean Luke trial – final witness has covid19 concerns Sean Luke - ANOTHER subpoena will be issued for the prosecution’s final witness – the police officer who charged the two men with the murder of six-year-old Sean Luke – to return to court to complete his evidence. The State has encountered some difficulty in getting retired Sgt Alexis Garcia to give his testimony at the trial because of his concerns for his family and exposure to covid19. A subpoena was issued on Tuesday, but it was not served as he was not at home. Garcia was expected to testify on Wednesday when th...

Judge allows DNA evidence in Sean Luke murder trial Sean Luke - Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) evidence will form part of the prosecution’s case against the two men indicted for the murder of six-year-old Sean Luke in 2006. Opposition to the admission of the DNA evidence came from one of the men charged with the boy’s murder in the form of a motion to stay the indictment against him because of the delay by the State to disclose the evidence, but this was shot down by the judge presiding over the trial. On Wednesday, Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds ruled she did not agree that Akeel Mitchell wo...

Sean Luke trial: One accused to object to DNA evidence Sean Luke, 6, was murdered in 2006. ONE of the men charged with the brutal murder of six-year-old Sean Luke intends to object to the admissibility of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) evidence, while the second man will give evidence at the trial. Wednesday’s sitting of the virtual trial of Akeel Mitchell and Richard Chatoo ended before lunch because of the unavailability of the witness scheduled for the day, police officer Leith Jones. He had to be tested for covid19 after a colleague tested positive for the virus. Nevertheless, two witnes...