Laventille man charged with murder of URP foreman

A Laventille man appeared before Port-of-Spain magistrate Melvin Daniel charged with the June 14 murder of Kareem Stedman and several unrelated weapons offences. Hayden “Buju” Richards, 22, unemployed, of Sandy Trace, St Barb’s, allegedly murdered the URP foreman as he and his girlfriend entered his home on the night of June 14. The gunman, who was reportedly hiding in the yard, shot Stedman nine times about the body. Stedman was taken to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where he later died while receiving treatment for the gunshot wounds. The charge was laid indictably by Cpl Sookdeo of the Besson Street CID on Tuesday.

Richards was also charged with wounding Nigel Harry on July 2 with intent to do grievous bodily harm, possession of arms, possession of ammunition, possession of arms with intent to endanger life, possession of ammunition with intent to endanger life. The five charges were laid indictably by PC Brown of the Besson Street CID. The man was not represented by an attorney. Magistrate Daniel transferred the murder matter to the 8th Magistrates’ Court and adjourned it to September 5. The wounding and weapon possession matters were all transferred to the 4th Magistrates’ Court to be called on the same date.