THE two police officers charged with the murder of 64-year-old Godfrey Scipio called ‘Sagga’ a popular Durban Street, Georgetown businessman were on Tuesday further remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.

Former ‘Best Cop’ Detective Corporal Derwin Eastman and Constable Jameson Williams are jointly charge with the allegation which stated that on October 12 at Kitty, the duo murdered Scipio during the course of a robbery.

During the cops’ second court appearance, Williams’ attorney, Dexter Todd requested that all statements in the matter be handed over.

Todd noted that in a joint decision he, along with Eastm

an’s attorney, Nigel Hughes would be moving to the High Court in relation to the matter.

Police Prosecutor Neville Jeffers pointed out that the file was still incomplete since certain matters needed to be cleared up.

The Chief Magistrate adjourned the matter until December 22.

The allegation levelled against the cops stems from Aubrey Bobb, who is also charged and on remand for Scipio’s murder. Ranks from the Major Crimes Unit were able to arrest the two cops days after the alleged trigger man, Bobb, was placed on remand.

Bobb is reported to have claimed that Eastman was the mastermind behind the businessman’s murder, and that he (Eastman) also went as far as to providing him (Bobb) with the gun to do the hit.

According to information received, police managed to arrest Bobb a day after the shooting and after reviewing the CCTV footage attached to the Kitty hotel where Scipio was shot and robbed. The gold jewellery that was reportedly stolen from Scipio, during the robbery, has not been recovered.

Scipio was shot once, just after being attacked and robbed allegedly by Bobb outside of a Kitty hotel. He was reportedly leaving the hotel in the company of a female friend, and was about to enter his car which was parked in front of the building when he was accosted by Bobb.

According to the Police, investigations revealed that the suspect “discharged a round hitting Scipio in the abdomen, then relieved him of his jewellery and escaped on foot in a northern direction.”

Scipio was rushed to a private city hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Reports indicate that the true motive for the killing of the popular businessman appears to be an execution instead of a robbery, as investigators discovered it may be linked to the recapture of notorious prison escapee, Mark Royden Durant, also known as Royden Williams and `Smallie’. Scipio was a popular vendor at the Berbice bus park and the prison escapee was caught in a minibus at Weldaad, West Coast Berbice, on October 9 after joining a minibus at the Berbice bus park.

Eastman who turned himself in at CID Headquarters, Eve Leary, last week had posted on his Facebook page, “Good Day all, God is in charge, all will be well, I am innocent of the allegation.”