The trial of Donell Trapp, a 26-year-old man accused of murdering 60-year-old remigrant Anthony Breedy, ended in a hung jury on Tuesday, following over two hours of deliberations by a jury.
Dead: Anthony Breedy, Murder accused Donell Trapp
Trapp’s trial began earlier this month before Justice Jo- Ann Barlow at the Demerara High Court.
With the jury unable to reach a verdict, Trapp was remanded to prison, pending another trial.
State Counsel Latifah Elliott appeared on behalf of the prosecution, while Trapp was represented by Attorneys-at-Law Dexter Smartt and Jevon Cox. Trapp is accused of murdering Breedy between March 12 and 14, 2016, in the course/furtherance of a robbery.
Police have said that the body of Breedy was found in the lower flat of his Hill Foot, Soesdyke-Linden Highway home. His body bore multiple injuries to the head. Breedy, who had lived alone, was found with his hands and feet tied. The upper flat of the elderly man’s home was also ransacked.
Last month, 25-year-old Keino Corbin, who had been jointly charged along with Trapp and another man for Breedy’s murder, opted to plead guilty to the lesser offence of manslaughter.
Corbin was further remanded to prison pending sentencing, which is expected to be soon.
