Nearly a month after he was abducted on Main Street, Georgetown, the police are no closer to finding Joshua David, much to the anguish and disappointment of his family and relatives.
David, called ‘Bricks’, passed another milestone yesterday and family and friends posted pictures and memories of him on several social media sites.
David’s kidnapping on September 26 had been captured on video by someone in a vehicle who then forwarded it to reporters. In the video, five men could be seen pushing David across Main Street as he attempted to fight them off.
Meanwhile, the seven men accused in his abduction were released on $500,000 bail each when they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on October 11.
The seven Georgetown residents – Wayne Barker, 34, of ‘G’ Norton Street, Lodge; Aaron Alleyne called ‘Cats’, 26, of 9 West La Penitence; Davantai Mars called ‘Sharkie’, 21, of 148 Middle Road, La Penitence; Damion Barlow, called ‘Dangles’, 32, of 47 Norton Street, Wortmanville; and Dwayne Griffith called ‘Sheik’, 24, of Lot 68 William Street, Kitty – were not required to enter pleas. Bail came with the condition that they report every Friday between 08.00 hrs and 16.00 hrs to the DDO or Station Sergeant at the Brickdam Police Station.
Police prosecutor Inspector Jones had objected to bail on the grounds that the police had received information that the victim was murdered and the search for the body was ongoing. The prosecutor also told the magistrate that the police have CCTV footage that captured the accused in the commission of the crime, and eyewitnesses to the crime. However, the magistrate overruled the prosecutor’s submissions citing that the crime was a bailable offence under the Act and that the police had not found a body.
