Morvant teen charged for brother’s murder

Hannibal will return to court on February 20.

The charge alleged that Small was at his home at about 12.30 pm when he got into an argument with a man who pulled out a knife and stabbed him six times before fleeing.

The incident allegedly took place in full view of other relatives. Small was taken to the Portof- Spain General Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. PC Shane Rambhajan of the Homicide Investigations Bureau (Region II) laid the charge.

In another court case, two years after he was convicted of marijuana trafficking, Russell Basdeo, cameraman for Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne, had a threeand- a-half year jail sentence quashed by the appellate court on Tuesday.

Basdeo’s appeal against conviction came up for hearing before Justices of Appeal Alice Yorke- Soo Hon and Mark Mohammed. He was represented by attorneys Daniel Khan and Ula Mathai-Lutchman while the State was represented by Mauriceia Joseph.

Khan successfully argued that Basdeo’s good character was not taken into consideration, when he was convicted.

He also submitted that Senior Magistrate Cherril- Anne Antoine erred in analysing the evidence against his client.

In quashing Basdeo’s conviction, the appellate judges ordered a retrial. Basdeo spent five months in prison after conviction on February 25, 2014. He was granted bail in July of that year, pending the outcome of his appeal.

Basdeo, 28, of McKenzie Street, Frederick Settlement, Caroni was arrested on September 21, 2011, by members of the North Eastern Division Task Force (NEDTF) led by Sgt Roger Alexander.

Basdeo, then employed with Central- based television station WINTV, was allegedly driving the company’s white Nissan Almera along the Uriah Butler Highway near Grand Bazaar, when he was intercepted by police.

Police alleged the car contained 1.9 kilos of marijuana wrapped in plastic. The charge was laid by PC Johnson of the NEDTF.