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Crown’s case against Fitz Henley's guards falling apart
Thursday, 21 August 2008
Senior Magistrate Glen Brown has warned prosecutors that their case against the two security guards charged with the murder of retired educator, Calvin Fitz Henley could be thrown out.
He made the comment Wednesday when <span style="font-weight: bold">prosecutors again conceded that they are struggling to put a solid case against Richard Beckford, 35, and Sadiq Sudine, 26.
The prosecutors said after viewing a surveillance tape which reportedly captured the killing, they saw no evidence linking the security guards to the incident.
One prosecutor reported that the tape showed the guards confronting the 76-year-old former educator when he wandered onto premises in New Kingston, but no evidence that they assaulted or killed him.</span>
She added that the report from the pathologist said the knife wound to Mr Fitz Henley's neck was superficial and could not have caused his death.
The guards were charged in June.
Mr Fitz-Henley was found dead on Holborn Road in New Kingston on May 19.
It is reported that the elderly man, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease wandered off after he accompanied a family member to a market in downtown Kingston.
He, however, found his way into New Kingston and ventured onto premises being guarded by the two men.
It is alleged that he was lying down on the premises when he was attacked by the security guards who beat him and threw him off the property.
Thursday, 21 August 2008
Senior Magistrate Glen Brown has warned prosecutors that their case against the two security guards charged with the murder of retired educator, Calvin Fitz Henley could be thrown out.
He made the comment Wednesday when <span style="font-weight: bold">prosecutors again conceded that they are struggling to put a solid case against Richard Beckford, 35, and Sadiq Sudine, 26.
The prosecutors said after viewing a surveillance tape which reportedly captured the killing, they saw no evidence linking the security guards to the incident.
One prosecutor reported that the tape showed the guards confronting the 76-year-old former educator when he wandered onto premises in New Kingston, but no evidence that they assaulted or killed him.</span>
She added that the report from the pathologist said the knife wound to Mr Fitz Henley's neck was superficial and could not have caused his death.
The guards were charged in June.
Mr Fitz-Henley was found dead on Holborn Road in New Kingston on May 19.
It is reported that the elderly man, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease wandered off after he accompanied a family member to a market in downtown Kingston.
He, however, found his way into New Kingston and ventured onto premises being guarded by the two men.
It is alleged that he was lying down on the premises when he was attacked by the security guards who beat him and threw him off the property.