By Sue-Ann Wayow
A 33-YEAR-OLD man from Princes Town has been charged with a murder that occurred last month.
Police reported that Michael Francis, of St Croix, Princes Town, was charged by acting Corporal Marsh with the offence following advice received from Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Joan Honore-Paul on Sunday.
He is expected to appear before a Princes Town Magistrate on Tuesday charged with the murder of fisherman Amit Boodoo.
Boodoo, 36, from Barrackpore, was at his home on July 22, when he got into a heated altercation with another man. During the incident, Boodoo armed himself with a cutlass while the other man allegedly also did the same. The men proceeded to trade blows with each other resulting in both of them sustaining injuries about their bodies.
They were both conveyed to the Princes Town District Health Facility where Boodoo died while undergoing treatment.
The other man was treated, discharged and subsequently arrested by officers of the Homicide Bureau of Investigations (HBI), Region Three, in connection with the incident.
Investigations were spearheaded by acting Supt Dhillpaul and supervised by Insp Jones and Sgt Jones, all of HBI Region Three.
