The trial of a man accused of murdering a Festival City father of one in 2015 is set to commence today at the High Court.
A jury was on Tuesday empanelled by Justice Sandil Kissoon at the High Court in Georgetown.
It is alleged that on November 18, 2015 at Festival City, North Ruimveldt, Rickford Jones called `Jonesy’ murdered Christopher Wharton called `Taps’ or `Chrissy’.
According to previous reports, Wharton on the day in question had returned home when two men who were known to him rode up on bicycles and fired shots at him while he was seated on his stairs. It was also reported that Wharton’s son had run out of the house after hearing the shots and was hit by one of them.
Wharton was shot three times about the body including in the abdomen and succumbed to the injuries within an hour of being taken to the hospital.
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