A man accused of murdering a 72-year-old man in his house last year, was remanded into custody when he appeared before the St Mary Parish Court on Thursday, April 20.
The alleged murderer also reportedly broke into the house of his victim.
The accused man, Ricardo Taylor is charged with in the stabbing death of Ronald Gibbs, a businessman of Wentworth, Galina, St Mary. Gibbs’ body was found with stab wounds at his house on Monday morning, March 8, 2016.
When Taylor appeared before the court, his case file was still incomplete. A forensic report is said to be outstanding in the matter.
When presiding Senior Parish Judge Yvette Wentworth-Miller asked the crown prosecutor how long the accused man had been in custody, the prosecutor informed her that he had been in custody since December of last year.
The judge informed her that the case file should be completed by the next date, because the accused man is in custody.
The case was set for May 11 and on that date the judge is to consider the possibility of bail for Taylor.
He was remanded into custody until that time.
Reports from the Port Maria police last year was that at about 6:40 a.m., a relative was looking for Gibbs and found him with what appeared to be stab wounds.
The police were summoned and he was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The police said at the time that several items were stolen from Gibbs’ house.
