DPP to weigh evidence in shooting of Prashad Nagar woman

Karen Kerr

There is some evidence in the Karen Kerr shooting matter and it will be up to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to decide if it is sufficient to charge the suspect, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said yesterday.

Persaud, clarifying aspects of an article that was published in the Saturday August 20, 2011 edition of Stabroek News,  said that he did not say that they was no evidence in the case. He said that police are in possession of some evidence and they had not been able to get a statement from Kerr as yet. He said that when he was questioned as to whether the suspect, Gavin Joseph, would be charged, he had indicated that the charge would be dependent on evidence.

Persaud noted that the matter would be