RICHARD Bacchus (no address given) was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to answer the following three charges:
(1) Discharging a loaded firearm at Mortimer Maynard on January 23 at Georgetown, with intent to commit murder.(2) On the same day, stealing from Trevor Fraser one .38 Taurus revolver with six matching live rounds of .38 ammunition, together valued at $106,000, property of Strategic Action Security Limited.
(3) Murdering Police Constable Quincy Wright on January 24 at Guyhoc Park, Georgetown.
Police Inspector Michael Grant, prosecuting, said that at approximately 20:30 hrs on January 23, private security guards Mortimer Maynard and Trevor Fraser were both in North Sophia performing duties, and Fraser was armed with the gun mentioned in the particulars. Bacchus and other accomplices held on to, and disarmed, Fraser of the revolver, in the process shooting Maynard to his thigh, before fleeing with the weapon. Investigations carried out led to Bacchus.
Grant said that on January 24, the deceased Police Constable Quincy Wright was by his girlfriend at Guyhoc Park when the accused went there and asked for his girlfriend, whose name is Alicia. An argument ensued between Wright and Bacchus, and Bacchus consequently pulled out the alleged weapon and fired a shot which killed Wright.
Prosecutor Grant requested two weeks for the file to be completed, and the case was postponed to February 18.
Written By Geeta Rampersaud