CAREER criminal Dellon Henry, 25, known as ‘Nasty Man’ of Houston, East Bank Demerara, has been committed to stand trial in the High Court.Henry is charged with the murder of 36-year-old Dexter Griffith, who was shot dead in ‘Warlock,’ East Ruimveldt on September 29, 2015.

He appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and was committed on Friday when the Preliminary Inquiry ended in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The matter was prosecuted by Police Inspector Neville Jeffers.

According to the prosecution, the incident occurred as Griffith was sitting in front of his house at Genip Alleyway, East Ruimveldt. Reports are that Henry approached Griffith with a gun and shot him about the body. Griffith managed to run a few feet before collapsing, while the accused made his escape on a bicycle.

Griffith was then rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where he was pronounced dead.

During the preliminary inquiry the prosecution called several witness to testify, including the brother of the deceased, Keshawn Griffith who assisted in identifying the location where the incident occurred. Griffith also testified that he had pointed out his brother’s killer during an identification parade.

A post mortem examination conducted on the body of Dexter Griffith at the Georgetown Hospital by Dr. Nehaul Singh revealed that he died from six bullets which riddled his body.

However, Henry’s attorney, Adrian Thompson contended that the prosecution failed to prove its case while the sworn testimony given by the dead man’s brother was conflicting.

According to Thompson, his client’s picture was shown to Griffith a day prior to the identification parade and should have been deemed inadmissible. Nevertheless, Inspector Jeffers urged the court to consider the prosecution’s case since none of his witnesses were discredited.

The Chief Magistrate ruled in favor of the prosecution and committed Henry to stand trial in the next sitting of the Demerara Criminal Assizes.

Henry had been in and out of court since the age of 13, having been charged before for buggery, murder and illegal gun and ammo possession.