THIRTY-YEAR-OLD Aubrey Bobb on Monday admitted to the murder of 64-year-old Godfrey Scipio, called “Saga,” a popular businessman who was shot to death outside a city hotel in 2017.

Bobb, formerly of William Street, Kitty, was arraigned before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the Demerara High Court for the capital offence of murder.

He admitted to killing Scipio on October 12, 2017, at Stanley Place, Kitty.

The indictment was presented by prosecutors Latifiah Elliot, Marisa Edwards and Simran Gajraj. Attorney-at-law Teriq Mohammed is on record for Bobb.

The matter has been adjourned until September 26, 2022, for the presentation of a probation report and sentencing.

The police arrested Bobb one day after reviewing CCTV footage from the Kitty hotel, where Scipio was shot and robbed.

He had reportedly said that it was former ‘Best Cop,’ Detective Corporal Derwin Eastman, who had given him the gun to carry out the hit. He has allegedly identified Eastman as the mastermind.

Reports are that Scipio was 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 a gunman.

The gunman, according to the police, discharged a round, hitting Scipio in the abdomen.

He later relieved him of his jewellery before escaping on foot in a northern direction.
Scipio was rushed to a private city hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The stolen jewellery was never recovered. Eastman is currently on remand awaiting trial at the High Court for Scipio’s murder.