Relative charged with murder of Plaisance businessman

Deryck Cox

Police say that a relative has been formally charged with the murder of Deryck “Backatoo” Cox, the Plaisance businessman shot dead on Saturday December 22nd. The relative, who was detained by police on Boxing Night, had been positively identified by eyewitnesses who said they saw him and two other individuals fleeing the scene of the crime in a white vehicle which had no licence plates.

Residents also reportedly saw the relative and two other men in the same vehicle driving