A MURDER charge was discharged against two men on Tuesday by City Magistrate Leron Daly on the grounds that insufficient evidence was provided by the prosecution during the Preliminary Inquiry (PI).

Dellon Thorne and Trefon Parris called “Slims,” both of Sussex Street, Charlestown walked out of the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court free men after the Magistrate dismissed the charges at the end of the PI.

The men were jointly charged with the capital offence which alleged that on April 1, 2016 at Charlestown, they murdered Gladstone “Tuffy” Taylor.

It was alleged that Thorne and Parris rode up on a CG motorcycle and Thorne opened fire on Taylor while he was sitting at Adelaide and Sussex Streets. It was alleged that Taylor was gunned down by Thorne to avenge the murder of his brother – Coast Guard officer Keon Payne. Thorne had reportedly accused Taylor of having a hand in the execution of his brother.

Taylor was shot at least four times around 21.00 hrs on the day in question.  He was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. However, a quick response from the police led to the arrest of Thorne and Parris after an eyewitness identified the soldier’s brother as the one who walked up to Taylor and shot him. Parris is believed to be the rider who took the shooter to the scene.