The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has requested the depositions from the preliminary inquiry into the murder charge against cricketer Caryle Barton, who was recently freed, but after more than a week they have yet to be handed over.
Stabroek News was reliably informed that a letter from the DPP’s Chambers was hand delivered to the court superintendent at least a day after Barton, 23, a local cricketer, was discharged for the murder of Shawn Nelson by Magistrate Fabayo Azore. That was more than a week ago and there are reports that Barton has since left the country,