Accused child killer goes to court

THE MAN accused of murdering two-year-old Isaac Joseph appeared in the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court yesterday complaining of ill-treatment by police officers.

Walker Joseph, aka Carlos Francis, 40, a labourer, of Upper Waterhole, Cocorite, allegedly beat his stepson at their home on Saturday. The child died Sunday morning at hospital. Joseph told Senior Magistrate Lianne Lee Kim: “I went through hell through these past few days.” Pointing to the complainant in the matter, Cpl Charles of the St James Police Station, he added: “That officer there throw away my lunch and thing. I is a man does go for medical treatment at St Ann’s and right now I feeling like I going mad. I need a little something to cool my head.” Magistrate Lee Kim replied: “For a man who is going mad, you are remarkably lucid. I must commend you.” Family members told the court they would attempt to retain an attorney to represent Joseph. The preliminary inquiry is set to start June 23.