Cop tells court accused admitted to murdering man who was preparing for father’s memorial

Abdool Fazal Saheed

At the trial of Sean Dos Santos and Stephon Howard who are accused of the 2017 murder of Abdool Fazal Saheed, the court heard of Dos Santos allegedly telling investigators that it was he and his co-accused who shot and killed Saheed at the Lot 194 Freeman Street pre-mises which they also burgled.

That was the testimony yesterday of Assistant Superintendent (ASP) Jermaine Grant who said that Dos Santos gave investigators an oral confession detailing his and Howard’s involvement in the crime.

Defence attorney Konyo Sandiford, however, who represents both accused, disputed the account given by Grant, stating that Dos Santos never made any such statement to police, but rather had only told them that he had nothing to do with the crime and knew nothing about it.