Rodrigues disruptive behaviour drives witness off stand

Magistrate Judy Latchman was forced to adjourn her court, due to uncontrollable outbursts and interruptions from Regan Rodrigues, the man accused of murdering political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing, during the testimony of Police Assistant Superintendent Mitchell Caesar, as the recently re-opened preliminary inquiry into the murder, continued yesterday.

Caesar, who was the first witness invited to the stand by Special Prosecutor Nigel Hughes, was cut short in his testimony by Rodrigues who began to hurl insulting remarks at him. The Assistant Superintendent who tried on several occasions to speak, eventually gave up and told the court that he would be unable to testify if the accused continued in this manner. Caesar stepped out of the witness box, and eventually left the court room upon the  instruction of the magistrate, as she tried to calm the accused.