Schoolboy’s murder
Magistrate Judy Latchman was having none of it when the lagging prosecution sought to prolong the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the death of 16-year-old Brian Charles Yearwood, who was brutally stabbed to death during a concert at the Covent Garden Secondary School in April, this year.
“This court waits on no one!” she declared.
Shannon Cox and Andy Damel Peters appeared in the company of their lawyer on Monday as the court heard the testimony of three witnesses, including Police Constable Neil Dookram, the officer on duty at the concert.
While the prosecution indicated that there were two final witnesses to testify in the matter, Magistrate Latchman set the preemptory date as November 15, 2017, on which day the case may be declared closed.
On the evening of April 26, 2017, Yearwood was attending the event at the Covent Garden Secondary School in company of others when a group of older boys reportedly started to tease them.
The others left the scene, but Yearwood remained seated on a bench. Subsequently, the young men started to throw bottles and stones in Yearwood’s direction to which he responded by running to the guard hut to seek shelter.
It was reported that the defendants reportedly pursued him and plunged a knife into his chest in the presence of a group of teachers and patrons.
He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Diamond hospital.
