New trial for trio accused of murder

THREE men are expected to go on trial at the High Court for the brutal murder of Jason Cort, the Rubis Accountant, who was shot and killed by bandits at his Meadowbrook Gardens home in 2015.

Stancy Rodney, 30; Linton Eastman, 33; and Clifton Gibson, 33, are currently on remand for the indictment which alleged that, on June 17, 2015, at Meadowbrook Gardens, Georgetown, during the course of a robbery, they murdered Cort.

On Monday, January 20, 2020, the trio appeared before Justice Brassington Reynolds at the Demerara High Court where the jury was empanelled for a fresh trial.

On January 15, 2020, Justice Reynolds was forced to abort trial into the matter since there was a development in relation to the trial, which led to an inquiry. The judge, based on the inquiry, decided that the trial had to be aborted in the interest of justice.

Consequently, the three accused have to undergo a new trial before a new panel of jurors.
On the day in question, around 22:30hrs, Cort was shot to the chest when gunmen invaded his home before making off with his firearm, mobile phone and Nintendo game.

Cort had just returned home from an outing with his girlfriend. She was also at home at the time of the incident but was unhurt. It was later reported that the bandits took Cort’s firearm, cellphone, gold band, chain, ring and an X-Box console.

One person from the community had indicated that, after hearing the loud explosion and looking outside, persons were observed scaling the fence of Cort’s home and fleeing up the road.

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