“Killa” on $5,000 bail for damaging Police vehicle

Rondell Bacchus, called “Killa”, who was taken into custody for questioning and later released on station bail for the murder of Ricardo Fagundes, called “Paper Shorts”, was on Wednesday charged with damaging a Police vehicle.
The 40-year-old defendant was released on $5,000 bail after he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

The man faced two charges before the Magistrate. The first charge stated that on April 9, 2021, at the Brickdam Police Station, Georgetown, he unlawfully and maliciously damaged a windshield valued $24,561 on a motor vehicle. The second charge alleged that Bacchus damaged a triangular glass worth $32,000 on the said vehicle.
He pleaded not guilty to both charges.
Last week, Bacchus was released on $100,000 station bail after spending a few days in Police custody, where he was being questioned about the murder of Fagundes. This was after the 72-hour detention limit had expired. As a condition of station bail, he is required to report to the Police on specific days.

However, it was reported that while Bacchus was being escorted from the lock-ups at the Brickdam Police Station following his release, he maliciously damaged a Police vehicle.
Bacchus surrendered to the Police after a wanted bulletin was issued for him to be questioned in the murder of Fagundes, which took place on March 21, outside of a popular night club on Main Street, Georgetown.
Fagundes, a 42-year-old gold dealer of Lot 25 Sandy Babb Street, Georgetown, was shot several times about his body at about 22:00h on the night in question. While information remains sketchy about what had transpired, the Police have said that the now dead Fagundes had been in the company of a close friend partying at a Main Street, Georgetown nightspot when his mobile phone rang. As such, he reportedly exited the club to take the call, but, soon after, several gunshots were heard.
Patrons of the club, including the now dead man’s friend, rushed out to enquire, but saw Fagundes lying motionlessly in a pool of blood close to his motor car. Bacchus was previous charged with the 2008 murder of scrap metal dealer Akbar Alli. Following his appearance at the High Court, he had pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of manslaughter and had been sentenced to 16 years, eight months’ imprisonment.