Rondy Jagdeo freed of Eccles murder charge

Rondy Jagdeo

Businessman Rondy Jagdeo, accused of killing his close friend Kirk Davis on September 3, 2013 had his matter dismissed yesterday after a no-case submission was upheld by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry following the no show of key witnesses.

Jagdeo had made his first appearance in court on November 21, 2013 after being on the run for nearly two months following the murder of 31-year-old Davis. The man had turned himself over to the police on October 28 in the company of attorneys-at-law Mark Waldron and Roger Yearwood.

In the initial appearance, Prosecutor Bharat Mangru had stated that Jagdeo had