Saturday, November 14, 2009
Two men charged in the Dominica triple murders
The Dominican.net Newsdesk
Police in Dominica have charged two men in the shooting deaths of three young men, who were discovered in a fishing vessel about twenty-six miles off the coast of Salisbury on November 3, 2009.
Curtis “Shakes” Richards of Newtown and Andy Prosper of Morne Prosper were formally charged with the triple murders and conspiracy to commit murder before Magistrate Candia George in a Roseau court on Friday.
The men who were brought to the court in handcuffs were represented by attorney-at-law Zena Dwyer.
According to the official indictment laid out by the prosecution, Richards and Prosper allegedly conspired and murdered the three within Dominican waters sometime between October 31, and November 3, 2009.
Hundreds of onlookers packed the court and others waited outside as they attempted to get a look at the two men in Dominica’s worst murder episode in its history.
Attorney Dyer requested and was subsequently denied by the judge to have the interviews conducted by the police made with the two men disclosed. The prosecution was of the view that making the interviews public would jeopardize the ongoing investigation since there were other names mentioned.
He went on to say that already a key witness in the case has been threatened and that police, based on information from the interviews, were seeking additional persons in connection with the case.
Magistrate George ruled that transcripts of the interview be withheld from the defendants since the prosecution believed that lives would be at risk if it was disclosed.
On the afternoon of November 3, 2009 an aircraft from the Regional Security System, headquartered in Barbados, spotted the boat belonging to Curtis Richards, drifting in the sea just outside of Salisbury with the bullet riddled bodies of the three men inside.
The Dominica coastguard later retrieved the bodies of Mannison ‘Shabin’ Thomas of Fond St. Jean, Kenneth ‘Kamala’ Birmingham of Kings Hill, and Allan Bardouille of Newtown.
Police immediately launched a massive investigation that culminated in the arrests of Richards and Prosper and the subsequent formal charge of murder.
A trial date was set for March 9, 2010, but in a sign of just how complex this case is, the prosecution told the court that his office would not be ready to begin the proceedings by that date.
Police in Dominica have charged two men in the shooting deaths of three young men, who were discovered in a fishing vessel about twenty-six miles off the coast of Salisbury on November 3, 2009.
Curtis “Shakes” Richards of Newtown and Andy Prosper of Morne Prosper were formally charged with the triple murders and conspiracy to commit murder before Magistrate Candia George in a Roseau court on Friday.
 Curtis "Shakes" Richards is jointly charged with Andy Prosper in the murders of three men. |
The men who were brought to the court in handcuffs were represented by attorney-at-law Zena Dwyer.
According to the official indictment laid out by the prosecution, Richards and Prosper allegedly conspired and murdered the three within Dominican waters sometime between October 31, and November 3, 2009.
Hundreds of onlookers packed the court and others waited outside as they attempted to get a look at the two men in Dominica’s worst murder episode in its history.
Attorney Dyer requested and was subsequently denied by the judge to have the interviews conducted by the police made with the two men disclosed. The prosecution was of the view that making the interviews public would jeopardize the ongoing investigation since there were other names mentioned.
He went on to say that already a key witness in the case has been threatened and that police, based on information from the interviews, were seeking additional persons in connection with the case.
 Andy Prosper is jointly charged in the murders of three men. |
Magistrate George ruled that transcripts of the interview be withheld from the defendants since the prosecution believed that lives would be at risk if it was disclosed.
On the afternoon of November 3, 2009 an aircraft from the Regional Security System, headquartered in Barbados, spotted the boat belonging to Curtis Richards, drifting in the sea just outside of Salisbury with the bullet riddled bodies of the three men inside.
The Dominica coastguard later retrieved the bodies of Mannison ‘Shabin’ Thomas of Fond St. Jean, Kenneth ‘Kamala’ Birmingham of Kings Hill, and Allan Bardouille of Newtown.
Police immediately launched a massive investigation that culminated in the arrests of Richards and Prosper and the subsequent formal charge of murder.
A trial date was set for March 9, 2010, but in a sign of just how complex this case is, the prosecution told the court that his office would not be ready to begin the proceedings by that date.
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// posted by TheDominican.net @ 12:23 PM
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Good work by the Police...glad to know that some will pay for this heneious crime!!!
# posted by 
: November 15, 2009 6:23 AM
: November 15, 2009 6:23 AM
These are the kind of activities that men will engage in when they seek to get rich quick. These two men are accused of plotting to kill but we know of others that seek to get rich quick carry out other illegal acts to which they will be brought to justice some day.
# posted by : November 15, 2009 9:42 AM
: November 15, 2009 9:42 AM
Shakes and his cohorts should be landed in jail for life or hang them!
# posted by : November 26, 2009 8:35 PM
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