PRINCIPAL Magistrate Judy Latchman is set to rule on the admissibility of an alleged caution statement given to police by Rajen Dindial, who is on remand for the murder of 36-year-old Aliston Henry who was beaten to death at a wedding house at Grove last September.

The ruling is scheduled to be delivered on February 28.
This date was announced by the magistrate on Tuesday after Police Prosecutor Shawn Gonsalves made closing submissions at the end of the voir dire (trial within a trial).
This was done to determine the circumstances under which the alleged caution statement was given to officers and whether or not it will be admitted to form part of the prosecution’s evidence.

After the ruling, the preliminary inquiry into the death of Henry will continue.
According to reports, on the day in question, while at the wedding house celebration Henry had a misunderstanding with Dindial and pushed down a portable toilet which was nearby.

The accused became annoyed and armed himself with a wooden food paddle and dealt Henry several lashes about his body. The injured man was placed in a push cart and taken home by public-spirited persons.

He was then taken to the hospital where he succumbed days later.