Man freed in Borough night murder

Johnson had been for the past month on trial in the San Fernando High Court before Justice Althea Alexis-Windsor, for the murder in which he was alleged to have shot Wilkinson in the head on a night between May 2 and 3.

Before a 12-member jury, the State led evidence from 21 witnesses in which it was alleged that both accused and victim had attended the Borough Day celebrations in Point Fortin. State Attorney Lyons Edwards, led evidence from the police complainant, that sometime during the night, police officers discovered the body of Wilkinsonin dumped in a garbage bag in an oil catchment reservation area in Fyzabad. An autopsy revealed that the victim suffered a single gunshot wound to the head. The prosecution relied on identification evidence of the accused Johnson, to prove its case.

Attorney Rekha Ramjit, instructed by her daughter attorney Gina Ramjohn, led evidence from the accused Johnson who testified that on the night the prosecution alleged that he had been at the scene of the murder, he had in fact worked as a security guard. After an hour and a half, the foreman announced that the accused was not guilty as charge. Attorney Ramjit said that her confidence in trial by jury was restored yesterday, because she had never seen jurors pay such rapt attention in listening to the evidence in the case.