SC Dana Seetahal murder - 11 men charged Pg.34

[Hyperion]

This has to be placed on the back burner for now, someone was wrecked on Charlotte Street....

what a shame...those in power know the short attention span and love of bacchanal that most Trinis exhibit. The media is a convenient tool of distraction away from the real issues.

[shogun]

This has to be placed on the back burner for now, someone was wrecked on Charlotte Street....

Heh...

[sMASH]

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Sta ... &smobile=y



The inefficiency was more punishment than the evidence collected .

[UML]

Marchan: State officials know of Dana’s murder
By SEAN DOUGLAS Wednesday, January 14 2015

Former LifeSport official, Ruth Marchan, resurfaced on a social media site on Monday, accusing top State officials of knowledge of the murder of senior counsel, the late Dana Seetahal. The accusations prompted an immediate denial by Attorney General Anand Ramlogan.

Marchan, the former deputy director of physical education at LifeSport, has spent time in hiding after complaining that she was one of four persons targetted for assassination even before one of them, LifeSport colleague, Curtis “Tallman” was murdered by gunmen who burst into his Malabar house in June last year. She has sought refuge in safe houses since, including one which was provided by leader of the Independent Liberal Party, Jack Warner.

In a discussion on a reporter’s social media page on Monday with additions up to last night, Marchan said the truth will out and that one State official needs to know that “not everybody is dunce and stupid”.

Further she said another former official had ignored her warnings about LifeSport whom she now expects to end up in jail, along with several other named persons said to be improper beneficiaries of the programme. She alleged that one top beneficiary had previously had a criminal record for fraud in a foreign country that had been known to State officials but that had been mysteriously wiped clean.

Marchan was high in praise for two top named Opposition politicians for their alleged wise insight into the scandal. Saying all in the dark will come to light, she added, “That is why they want me dead.”

Saying she was among a trio who had come under attack for not following the dictate of one official, she said, “I’m rocking this boat.” Marchan said she will be protected by God from harm, although elsewhere saying, “All of us are ‘going down’ together.”

“God will open people’s eyes to all who influenced the hit on Dana. Nobody is greater than him. The wrong person you are playing with,” said Marchan.

She said guilty persons are walking free, while innocent persons are in jail over Dana’s death, the latter including a person named as a prime suspect who was since arrested for alleged gang activity.

“The ground will win this war. People are not stupid and I am not afraid of anybody. I have all my evidence.”

Marchan urged Seetahal’s family to reject her posthumous national award. “The Chaconia Gold Medal - total betrayal to a woman who worked hard for her country. All in the dark will come to light.”

http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,205514.html

She hold dat murder information like how Rowley hold the emailgate emails for his benefit.

Why hasn't she provided it to the police? But to JW?

JW like he wah ah next case for slander and libel.

Why she begging for money so?

#golddiggerments

[White CZ4A]

Why is withholding information on crimes not a law? Why is she not being made to come out and call names

[White CZ4A]

Sorry. Meant why is it not a charge?
I'm fed up wit Warner always saying he knows things about sensitive topics and then not having to disclose anything

[pugboy]

nah, Inshan have more info than Warner

[shogun]

Having the info isn't necessarily the same as substantiating/proving it eh.

Either way, i have a feeling the authorities already know everything she does.

[pugboy]

that was the point...

[*$kїđž!™]

Cops to charge 6 with Dana’s murder

By By Asha Javeed and Alexander Bruzual
Story Created: Feb 21, 2015 at 9:15 PM ECT
Story Updated: Feb 21, 2015 at 9:15 PM ECT
A man in prison custody is now assisting police with details into the murder of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal.

Police investigators have now been given “key information” concerning the details of her murder.

This, the Sunday Express understands, means that the Trinidad and Tobago Police (TTPS) will approach Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard SC shortly for advice on charging six men with conspiracy to murder and the murder of Seetahal.

However, while the police have been able to identify the shooter based on information, they have yet to determine a motive for the murder.

The Sunday Express was told that the man, who has been behind bars since last December and is linked to a mosque in East Trinidad, has been willingly assisting officers as they move closer to completing their file to present to Gaspard.

The man, the Sunday Express was told, has given information to lawmen on an individual, who was said to reside in Cumuto, among other places, and who is believed to be a “contract killer” who would have been one of the people involved in Seetahal’s death.

The suspect was also charged last year, along with two others, with possession of wild meat. He was also a participant of Government’s now defunct LifeSport programme where he earned $1,500 a month to participate in sport-related activities.

The prison informant has also assisted police with information on the “contract killer” regarding his other professions and items which would be “prominent” to the ongoing enquiry.

The Sunday Express was told that this “new information” meshed with information previously gathered by the investigative team into Seetahal’s death, and that the suspect named was actually one of six “key persons” contained in a file for their alleged involvement in her murder.

The Sunday Express was also informed that almost all of the video evidence sent to laboratories in the United States and England for forensic examination has been returned to the local police team, and now, armed with the new information gathered, the police are expected to submit a file to the DPP within the coming days for instructions on how to proceed.

Sources said that the investigative team has been “careful and meticulous” with their approach to the enquiry on all accounts, “dotting all i’s and crossing all t’s” to ensure that when they approach the DPP they limit any “legal loopholes” to be addressed.

The Sunday Express understands that an intercept obtained by the TTPS from the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) also forms part of the TTPS’s evidence.

Last week, acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams at the weekly police news briefing told reporters that there was “light at the end of the tunnel” with regard to the investigations into the Senior Counsel’s murder.

“The investigation is a process and I know everyone including the media is anxiously awaiting the outcome of the matter but we believe we will see the light at the end of the tunnel. You will in fact get the benefit of an expression of that light by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, as soon as he gets the directive from the Director of Public Prosecutions,” Williams said.

He later noted: “In all fairness, you know I cannot put it into a time frame, what I will give you is the assurance that the investigation is not a cold investigation.”

At the time the acting Commissioner was responding to questions posed by reporters based on comments made by recently appointed National Security Minister Brigadier Carl Alfonso, who told reporters on Carnival Monday that, at the time, he had yet to be briefed on the status of the murder investigation by the acting top cop.

Williams in response said he did not hear the comment made by the National Security Minister, but if the comments were made, it was “unfortunate” as the Police Service was responsible for dealing with matters such as this.

Seetahal SC was killed at about 12.05 a.m. on May 4 while driving her Volkswagen SUV towards her One Woodbrook Place home.

Police reported that the incident took place in the vicinity of the Woodbrook Youth Facility on Hamilton Holder/O’Connor streets, as she was on her way to her apartment after leaving the Ma Pau casino.

Residents reported hearing several gunshots followed by the sound of screeching tyres. By the time they contacted police and ran outside, they found Seetahal slumped over the steering wheel of her Volkswagen Touareg.

She had been shot five times and was pronounced dead at the scene.

It is believed that her attackers followed her from the casino and ambushed her along Hamilton Holder and O’Connor streets.

[pugboy]

Naipaul case barely moving 9years later,
2025 migh be a conservative start to this case

[K74T]

Rajaee

[shogun]

"However, while the police have been able to identify the shooter based on information, they have yet to determine a motive for the murder."

Hope they don't consider the case closed after charging the foot soldiers in this crime.

It's obvious the motive was money. I'd much rather know, who paid them to have her killed and for what reason.

[j.o.e]

Rajaee

Yup..most blatant hints ever

[pugboy]

Big fish dont ever get charged or caught

[DVSTT]

Naipaul case barely moving 9years later,
2025 migh be a conservative start to this case

Yup

[sMASH]

They targeted men because 'ah man say'.

[RASC]

Who were the 6 charged??

[sMASH]

*insert random criminals here*

Anybody, to put some names in the media... Cause is confessions being used

[pugboy]

and linked to well known religious organization

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Who were the 6 charged??

no one has been charged yet...if they were, we would have seen their pictures and names all over the media.

[pioneer]

TV6 said they were "members" of lifesport

Was lifesport a church/gang?

[shake d livin wake d dead]

ask Anil Roberts^

[j.o.e]

TV6 said they were "members" of lifesport

Was lifesport a church/gang?

It was a gang hiding in a gov't funded programme supported by a religious doctrine

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

"It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma" - Winston Churchill

[pugboy]

If only a soldier was brave enough to fire a shot when the imam walk out of ttt in 1990
Things in this country would have been much different

[j.o.e]

If only a soldier was brave enough to fire a shot when the imam walk out of ttt in 1990
Things in this country would have been much different

The should've 'accidentally' driven the ttdf bus carrying the insurgents off a precipice where it exploded in flames. We would've lost a few soldiers but for a good cause.

[Soul Collector]

Big fish dont ever get charged or caught

They do...but they just get thrown back into the sea to continue breeding.

[Alain_2NR]

Cops to charge 6 with Dana’s murder

By By Asha Javeed and Alexander Bruzual
Story Created: Feb 21, 2015 at 9:15 PM ECT
Story Updated: Feb 21, 2015 at 9:15 PM ECT

A man in prison custody is now assisting police with details into the murder of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal.

Police investigators have now been given “key information” concerning the details of her murder.

This, the Sunday Express understands, means that the Trinidad and Tobago Police (TTPS) will approach Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard SC shortly for advice on charging six men with conspiracy to murder and the murder of Seetahal.

However, while the police have been able to identify the shooter based on information, they have yet to determine a motive for the murder.

The Sunday Express was told that the man, who has been behind bars since last December and is linked to a mosque in East Trinidad, has been willingly assisting officers as they move closer to completing their file to present to Gaspard.

The man, the Sunday Express was told, has given information to lawmen on an individual, who was said to reside in Cumuto, among other places, and who is believed to be a “contract killer” who would have been one of the people involved in Seetahal’s death.

The suspect was also charged last year, along with two others, with possession of wild meat. He was also a participant of Government’s now defunct LifeSport programme where he earned $1,500 a month to participate in sport-related activities.

The prison informant has also assisted police with information on the “contract killer” regarding his other professions and items which would be “prominent” to the ongoing enquiry.

The Sunday Express was told that this “new information” meshed with information previously gathered by the investigative team into Seetahal’s death, and that the suspect named was actually one of six “key persons” contained in a file for their alleged involvement in her murder.

The Sunday Express was also informed that almost all of the video evidence sent to laboratories in the United States and England for forensic examination has been returned to the local police team, and now, armed with the new information gathered, the police are expected to submit a file to the DPP within the coming days for instructions on how to proceed.

Sources said that the investigative team has been “careful and meticulous” with their approach to the enquiry on all accounts, “dotting all i’s and crossing all t’s” to ensure that when they approach the DPP they limit any “legal loopholes” to be addressed.

The Sunday Express understands that an intercept obtained by the TTPS from the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) also forms part of the TTPS’s evidence.

Last week, acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams at the weekly police news briefing told reporters that there was “light at the end of the tunnel” with regard to the investigations into the Senior Counsel’s murder.

“The investigation is a process and I know everyone including the media is anxiously awaiting the outcome of the matter but we believe we will see the light at the end of the tunnel. You will in fact get the benefit of an expression of that light by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, as soon as he gets the directive from the Director of Public Prosecutions,” Williams said.

He later noted: “In all fairness, you know I cannot put it into a time frame, what I will give you is the assurance that the investigation is not a cold investigation.”

At the time the acting Commissioner was responding to questions posed by reporters based on comments made by recently appointed National Security Minister Brigadier Carl Alfonso, who told reporters on Carnival Monday that, at the time, he had yet to be briefed on the status of the murder investigation by the acting top cop.

Williams in response said he did not hear the comment made by the National Security Minister, but if the comments were made, it was “unfortunate” as the Police Service was responsible for dealing with matters such as this.

Seetahal SC was killed at about 12.05 a.m. on May 4 while driving her Volkswagen SUV towards her One Woodbrook Place home.

Police reported that the incident took place in the vicinity of the Woodbrook Youth Facility on Hamilton Holder/O’Connor streets, as she was on her way to her apartment after leaving the Ma Pau CASINO.

Residents reported hearing several gunshots followed by the sound of screeching tyres. By the time they contacted police and ran outside, they found Seetahal slumped over the steering wheel of her Volkswagen Touareg.

She had been shot five times and was pronounced dead at the scene.

It is believed that her attackers followed her from the CASINO and ambushed her along Hamilton Holder and O’Connor streets.

[rfari]

Seems like rajee is the person assisting the police. He isn't the person of interest. Or maybe I read it wrong