CLIFTON Gibson of ‘K’ 18997 Perry Street, Tucville Georgetown, one of three men implicated in the murder of Meadow Brook accountant Jason Cort, was yesterday refused bail by Magistrate Ann McLennan on a charge of attempting to escape from the police.

When Gibson was read the indictable charge, Prosecutor Deniro Jones requested that the Administration of Justice Act (AJA) be applied, after which the defendant strongly denied the allegation.

The court heard that on June 29 last, at Lamaha and Parade Streets Georgetown, while Gibson was in lawful custody and was being escorted to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) pending a murder investigation, he escaped from the police.

Police Prosecutor Sergeant Neville Jeffers, in his address to the court, explained that the defendant is currently on remand, along with two others, on the indictable charge of murder. The file is incomplete, he said, as he requested that the case be called for a report on Friday.

The magistrate remanded Gibson until August 14, when statements would be available.

Gibson, 27-year-old Stancy Rodney of Lot 24 Guyhoc Park, and 23-year-old Linton Eastman, a miner, also appeared before Magistrate McLennan, but had to be further remanded because the prosecution was not in possession of the file, which still has outstanding statements, explained Sergeant Jeffers.

The matter has been transferred before Magistrate Judy Latchman for August 24. The trio first appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan on July 29 and was not required to plead to the indictable charge of murder, which stated that on June 17, at Meadow Brook Gardens, they murdered Jason Cort in the course of committing a robbery at his home. His gold chain, a bracelet worth $500,000, his licensed firearm, an Xbox gaming console and his smartphone were stolen.

Guyana Chronicle had reported that 27–year-old Jason Cort of Jamoon Drive, Meadow Brook Gardens was gunned down in his home shortly after he had returned from an outing with his girlfriend.
The murder of Cort, an Accountant of the Rubis Gas Station at Providence, EBD, occurred at approximately 22:30 hrs. He was immediately rushed to the Balwant Singh Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.