‘Buffy’ gets murder charge

The charge of murder was read to David “Buffy” Millard by Chief Magistrate Sherman Mc Nicolls as he (Millard) stood in the prisoners’ dock.

It is alleged that Millard also called Mustapha, murdered Jilla Bowen on June 4, 2003. Bowen was fatally shot in the car park at MovieTowne, Invaders Bay.

Millard is also jointly charged with Jamaat leader Imam Yasin Abu Bakr and Brent “Big Brent” Miller with conspiring to murder two expelled members of the Jamaat — Salim Rasheed and Zaki Aubaidah.

That offence is alleged to have taken place on June 4, 2003 at Citrine Drive, Diamond Vale. Millard was arrested in Guyana on May 3 and deported to Trinidad on May 6.

Special prosecutor Osbourne Charles SC yesterday requested an adjournment because he had encountered some difficulty in contacting Sgt Jayson Forde, the officer who laid charges against Millard.

Charles said no decision had yet been taken regarding the duality of the charges and on how the State intended to proceed. Millard, who is represented by attorney Evans Welch, will reappear before McNicolls on August 2.