Fourth man charged with teenager’s killing

A FOURTH man was yesterday charged with the murder of teenager Ashley Mathlin who was beaten and stabbed to death last month in the vicinity of Prosperity Bar, Bournes Road, St James, police sources said.

The murder charge against the 24-year-old Laventille man was laid by Sgt Nandram Moonilal, after an identification parade was held and instructions given by Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Geoffrey Henderson. The man was held in the Laventille district on Friday and is due to put in a court appearance tomorrow at the Port-of-Spain Magistrate’s Court. Two men have already appeared in court and police said a warrant has been issued for the arrest of another man in connection with the Mathlin murder. Mathlin, 18, was beaten by a group of men, one of whom stabbed him. He died on the spot.