Justice William Ramlal today quashed the indictment against a man who had been accused of murdering a woman in December 2005.
Prosecutor Rhandel Weever, speaking with this newspaper briefly this afternoon, said that during court proceedings this morning the judge ruled that the indictment against Elroy Torres was a nullity.
The court found that during the preliminary inquiry (PI) the magistrate did not properly rule on the admissibility of a caution statement.
Torres was freed but re-arrested by the police. He is to be taken before the magistrate’s court where he will be remanded to prison and committed to face a PI again.
Last week a mixed jury had been empanelled for the murder trial of Torres who allegedly killed Elizabeth Hutson, called Shelly, outside a city bar on December 19 2005. He reportedly stabbed the woman to death.
