Stafrei Alexander was yesterday acquitted of the murder of Terrence Maxwell Thomas, with whom he had previously been charged for the 2015 murder of Linden businesswoman Shevon Gordon.
After about three hours of deliberations the 12-member jury returned with its unanimous verdict, finding Alexander not guilty of the charge which stated that between December 8th and 11th of 2015 he murdered Thomas.
The former accused who attended his trial virtually from the Lusignan Prison was visibly relieved after the foreman announced the verdict.
With other matters pending against him, however, Alexander remains in prison.
The trial was heard by Justice Brassington Reynolds.
Alexander was represented by attorney Bernard Da Silva, while the state’s case was presented by Prosecutor Seeta Bishundial.
Thomas was found floating in the Demerara River, one day after both he and Alexander had escaped from the Mackenzie Police Station. It was initially suspected that he drowned.
Police had said that Alexander had confessed to hitting Thomas to his head with a piece of wood before throwing him in the river.
Alexander still faces trial for the murder of Gordon at Wismar, Linden.
Alexander has been charged with murdering Gordon on April 4th, 2015, at 125 One Mile Block 22 Wismar, Linden, in the course or furtherance of a robbery.
Alexander and Thomas, along with Adoni Bowen, 26, of Lot 20 Blueberry Hill, Wismar, Linden, had been charged with fatally shooting Gordon as she resisted robbers during an attack outside of her home.
Alexander has also been charged with the murder of Richard Remington earlier that year. That charge states that between February 9th and 12th, 2015, at Cholmondeley Hill, Wismar, Linden he murdered Remington.
The decomposing remains of Remington were found in a clump of bushes along a track in the vicinity of Matthews Lane in the Cholmondeley Hill.
He had been shot three times, including once to the head.
