Two Arima men freed of murder

A 12-member jury in the Port-of-Spain High Court took less than an hour to return with unanimous not guilty verdicts for Ricardo Boodoosingh and Kareem Walters.

Both men were before Justice Hayden St Clair-Douglas charged with the murders of Marlon Scipio and Christopher Joseph on February 6, 2009.

Scipio, Joseph and their friend Garnet Swan were found in a car which was parked off Pinto Road, Arima. All three had gunshot wounds, with Scipio and Joseph dying on the scene, while Swan was taken to hospital for treatment.

Swan testified at the trial.

Although both men were freed of the murder charge, they were not immediately released as they had pending matters before the court.

They were reprsented by attorneys Mario Merritt, Delicia Helwig-Robertson and Karuna Bisramsingh while Hema Sundarsingh prosecuted the case.