Proceedings against the four men charged with the year-old murder of elderly Robb Street resident Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris has now been adjourned to November 10, in order to allow for a paper trial sought by the lawyer for one of the accused.
Roy Jacobs, Orin Hinds, Kevin October and Cleon Hinds are accused of murdering Fiedtkou-Parris in June of last year.
Hinds’ lawyer, Basil Williams, had previously made an application to Magistrate Sueanna Lovell for a paper committal be conducted and it was granted. After that, however, Magistrate Lovell proceeded on maternity leave. Magistrate Fay McGusty was subsequently appointed to preside in stead of Magistrate Lovell and she was ready to commence a PI on Thursday. Attorney Mischka Puran, who represents Jacobs, was ready to commence the PI as well.
But Williams objected, reminding that Magistrate Lovell had granted his request for a paper committal and he asked that the case be adjourned to November 10, when she resumes duty on the bench, to determine how to proceed.
The paper committal law vests in magistrates the power to commit accused persons to stand trial in the High Court if a prima facie case is made out against them, based on statements, documents and other articles tendered to the court, in the absence of a witness. If a sufficient case is not made out, magistrates are also empowered to discharge accused persons.
One the evening of June 30, 2011, two men went to Fiedtkou-Parris’s Robb Street home asking for ‘Auntie,’ a title by which she was called. They were directed up a side step and as Fiedtkou-Parris emerged from her bedroom, which is opposite the front door, one of the men pulled out a gun and shot her several times to the upper part of her body.
The men then jumped into a waiting car while the injured woman was rushed to the Georgetown Hospital, where she was pronounced dead shortly after.
The men did not make any attempts to harm her brother, Fitzroy Fiedtkou, who was sitting on the stairs when they arrived. They also did not demand that he hand over any valuables. As a result, it was believed that the woman was the victim of a contract killing.
