Trial of accused in metal dealer’s murder ends in hung jury

Rondell Bacchus

Rondell Bacchus will have to face a new trial after a jury yesterday failed to reach a unanimous verdict on his guilt in the murder of scrap iron dealer Akbar Alli.

After more than three hours, the 12 members of the jury returned and informed Justice Navindra Singh that they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on Bacchus’s guilt in the July 24, 2008 murder.

As a result, it was ordered that Bacchus be returned to the Georgetown Prisons,