By Clestine Juan
DAYS after apparent vendetta killings in Charlestown, Georgetown, three men were Thursday charged and arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. Dellon Thorne and Trefon Parris called “Slims,” were charged for the April 1 killing of 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.

Thorne and Parris, both of Sussex Street, Charlestown, were not required to plead to the capital offence of murder and were remanded to prison until April 29.
Police believe 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.
Dellon Small, another Charlestown resident, was charged for the murder of the GDF Coast Guard officer, which occurred on Russell and Sussex Streets.
Small, 23, was not required to plead to the charge of murder, which read that he, on March 29, shot and killed Kevon Payne. He was remanded to prison until April 20.
Small’s lawyer, Glen Hanoman, had motioned to the court that the police needed to conduct a more proper investigation, since investigators had failed to take statements from three persons who could give alibis pertaining to his client’s whereabouts during the time that Payne was gunned down.
Hanoman further told the court that a female eyewitness had claimed that it was a van load of policemen who were passing at the time in the area and opened fire, killing Payne.
It was reported that on Tuesday, March 29 about 22:20hrs, Payne and another man, Shakel Williams, 22, of James Street, Albouystown, were among a group of men standing on the roadway at Sussex Street, Charlestown, when two men armed with firearms rode up on a motorcycle and discharged rounds in their direction.
Payne was hit about his body and Williams was hit to his right foot. As a result, Payne was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival, while Williams was admitted.