Kitty taxi-driver on murder charge over fatal Water St ambush

Joseph Williams

Twenty-seven-year-old Joseph Williams, called “Joey,” was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with murdering Victor Da Silva, who was shot dead during Monday’s $8M armed robbery on Water Street.

The charge against Williams, of 59 Gordon Street, Kitty, is that on July 8, at Water Street, Kingston, Georgetown, he murdered Da Silva in the furtherance of a robbery; in that he stole $8 million, which was property of gas station owner Cecil Gajadhar.

He was informed by Magistrate Fabayo Azore, before whom he appeared at the