Ex-cons remanded for murder of taxi driver

Days after the body of a 53-year-old taxi driver was found dumped at Ogle, East Coast Demerara, two ex-convicts were on Wednesday remanded to prison on a joint murder charge.
Appearing before Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool were 34-year-old Kenty Bacchus, called “Trini”, a welder of Water Street, Georgetown, and Seyon James, called “Lil Alfey”, 25, a fish vendor of Laing Avenue, Georgetown.

They were not required to plead to the indictable charge which stated that on June 30, at Block 1 Ogle, East Coast Demerara, they murdered Kenrick Trim. They were remanded to prison and the case will continue on August 6 when they will make another appearance at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Courts.
Police, in a statement, said that the taxi driver was found dead at Block 1 Ogle. According to Police, Trim’s body appeared to have been dumped from a silver-grey Toyota Premio car, HC 5311, which was parked a short distance away. It is suspected that he was killed during the commission of a robbery.
Trim was wearing a gold chain and ring when he left his home, but when his body was found his jewellery was missing. At the time of his arrest, Bacchus was reportedly found in possession of the dead man’s cellphone- a black Samsung Galaxy A20. The two murder accused reportedly met while serving time in jail.
During interrogation, Bacchus allegedly gave a confession statement in which he implicated James. James reportedly told detectives that on the day in question, Bacchus picked him up from the minibus park in Georgetown and they travelled to a snackette in Carmichael Street, Georgetown.
James said that soon after leaving the snackette, they joined a taxi which was driven by the now-dead man. The fish vendor confessed that his accomplice sat behind the driver while he sat behind the front passenger’s seat and they requested to be taken to a location along the East Coast of Demerara.
While in the vicinity of Ogle, the 25-year-old told investigators, his accomplice grabbed Trim by his neck and started to choke him until he passed out. He said that his accomplice then pulled Trim over to the back seat by which time he started to regain consciousness.
As such, the 34-year-old man stabbed the taxi driver several times about his body with a knife. Further, the 25-year-old confessed that his accomplice then took off the now dead man’s gold ring and chain and relieved him of some money that he had in his pocket and the black Samsung cellphone.
After committing the act, Bacchus drove the car to a spot in Ogle where he threw out the deceased’s body. However, as he was reversing the car, it got stuck in the mud. This led to them both exiting the car after which, Bacchus gave James $10,000 and disposed of the knife in a clump of bushes. The alleged killers then made their way onto the main road, boarded a minibus, and went back to Georgetown. (G1)