Boyfriend freed of 2004 murder of schoolgirl

Paul Bagot

Justice William Ramlal yesterday again raised concerns about the poor quality of police investigation evident in some of the cases before him, after he upheld a no-case submission, owing to weak evidence led by the prosecution in the Paul Bagot murder trial.

After the submission, made by lead defence counsel Hukumchand last week, was upheld by Justice Ramlal, he then ordered the mixed jury to return a formal unanimous verdict of not guilty in favour of Bagot, also known as Paul Moore.

However, while Bagot, who is now 32 years old, has been cleared of the murder of his then 16-year-old girlfriend Abigail Gittens he was