Accused’s caution statement blamed other man for murder of taxi driver

Vibert Assanah

The trial of Louis Lancaster at the High Court for the murder of a taxi driver yesterday saw the caution statement he gave to the police, which implicated another person, admitted as evidence.

Lancaster is on trial before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury for the murder of Vibert Assanah, which occurred on October 26, 2008, on Bent Street. It is alleged that Lancaster and a male accomplice murdered Assanah, who was an ex-police officer,