A St James man has appeared in court charged with three counts of murder.
Shakiyl Parris, 26, of Upper Dibe Road, Long Circular, was charged with the offences, when he appeared virtually before Magistrate Maureen Baboolal-Gafoor, in the Port-of-Spain Magistrates’Court on Thursday.
The matter was adjourned to January 13, 2022.
Officers of the Western Division responded to reports of loud explosions at Long Circular Road, St James around 2.15 am on December 8, 2020, and found a house engulfed in flames.
Fire officers, who responded to the blaze, upon extinguishing the fire, discovered what appeared to be three charred human remains. The remains are believed to be those of Luis Santiago Figuera, Celso Andrade Cedeno and Flor Leal Garcia.
Investigations were supervised by Insp.
Lynch and Insp Mongroo, both of the Homicide Bureau of Investigations (HBI), Region One, with assistance from officers attached to the Western Division, Cyber Crime Unit and the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service.
Due to Covid-19 restrictions at the prisons, Parris was charged on Thursday, following advice from Director of Public Prosecutions, Roger Gaspard SC, on October 31, 2021. He has other matters pending before the courts.
The complainant in the matter is Sgt Ramsumair, attached to HBI Region One.
