In the interest of justice, the trial of Linton Eastman, Clifton Gibson and Stancy Rodney for the murder of Rubis accountant Jason Cort, was yesterday aborted, owing to a conversation overheard by a witness in the matter.
When the case was called yesterday morning for commencement of the trial, it was reported to Justice Brassington Reynolds that a witness had overheard a conversation at the courthouse the day before.
This was reported to the judge and an inquiry was conducted.
The specifics of the conversation were not related in court, but the judge informed that given the unfortunate development regarding the likelihood of bias which can prejudice the outcome of the proceedings, the interest of justice demanded that the trial be aborted.
The case was empanelled on Tuesday morning at the High Court in Georgetown, following the selection of a jury moments after the opening session of the Demerara Criminal Assizes.
The allegation against the jointly-charged trio is that they murdered Cort on June 17th, 2015 at his Meadow Brook Gardens home.
