AFTER spending the last four years on remand for fatally stabbing a Stabroek Market handyman, 30-year-old Eustace Griffith was on Wednesday freed from the murder charge at the Demerara High Court.

Griffith, called “Wrong Turn”, was on remand for the murder of Steven Dexter Arthur, who was fatally stabbed on July 4, 2016, at Hadfield Street, Georgetown.
His case was called before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury. Griffith, who was represented by Attorney-at-law Maxwell McKay, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
After State Prosecutor Tyra Bakker closed her case on Wednesday, McKay made a no-case submission, calling for the charge to be dismissed against Griffith on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

Justice Singh upheld the no-case submission, and directed the jury to return a formal verdict of not-guilty in Griffith’s favour.

The Guyana Chronicle had reported that on the day in question, Griffith and Arthur were involved in a fight at Stabroek Market Square. The altercation reportedly started after Arthur had allegedly thrown a plantain skin on Griffith.

It is alleged that Griffith pulled out a knife and stabbed Arthur to his chest, causing him to die on the spot.