Accused in Albouystown moneychanger’s murder freed

Nykose Gritten
Nykose Gritten

Nykose Gritten, who was charged with the 2014 murder of Albouystown moneychanger Wendell Liverpool, walked out of the High Court, in Georgetown, a free man yesterday after Justice Navindra Singh upheld a no-case submission made in his favour.

It was alleged that Gritten, between June 20 and June 23, 2014, murdered Liverpool in the furtherance of a robbery.

Liverpool, also called ‘Spence’, of Lot 453 West Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, was said to have been out on the West Ruimveldt main road drinking with his brother and some friends when he was shot and robbed by gunmen on June 20, 2014. He succumbed to multiple gunshot injuries at the Georgetown Hospital three days after.

Having heard the testimony of over eight witnesses over the past week,