Malvin Taylor, who was accused of attempting to murder his wife Sharon Taylor and her sister Michelle Richards in 2011, was yesterday cleared of the charges after the complainants declined to proceed with the matters.
Justice Jo-Ann Barlow ordered the jury to return formal not-guilty pleas for Malvin.
The matter was called yesterday morning for hearing before Justice Barlow and a 12-member jury at the High Court, in Georgetown.
The charges against Taylor was that on January 26, at Quamina Street, Georgetown, he wounded his wife and sister-in-law with intent to commit murder on them.
It was further alleged that he discharged loaded firearms at them with intent to murder them.
Taylor had denied the charges.
On the night of January 26, Sharon and her sister Michelle were shot at close range, allegedly by Malvin, as he confronted his wife in the presence of another man, with whom he believed she was having a relationship.
Malvin, it was alleged, had shot at the man, who managed to escape, and he then turned his attention to his wife and her sister. The wounded women were both rushed to the Georgetown Hospital in an unconscious state.
Taylor then allegedly drove away with the couple’s children but the car was recovered and the children were found at his relatives’ home at Dowding Street, Kitty.
Three bullets had been removed from Sharon’s body, including one from her left thigh, the groin area and one which passed close to her lung. The woman’s intestines were also damaged as a result of the shooting.
Richards had sustained injuries to her eyes during the shooting.
