Dredge operator charged in fatal beating of man tied to a tree

Earle Austin

Dredge operator Oswald Leacock, accused of the murder of Earle Austin, who was tied to a tree and severely beaten to death, was yesterday remanded to prison.

Appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, Leacock was not required to plead to the capital offence