Accused had been seen with murdered hotelier’s cell phone

Joseph Jagdeo

At the trial of Bryan Leitch for the murder of Joseph Jagdeo who owned the South Central Hotel, the court was told that the accused had been seen with the dead man’s cellular phone.

The charge against Leitch, called ‘Big Foot,’ is that he murdered Jagdeo between November 13th and November 14th, 2013 at the hotel which is located on South Road, Georgetown.

Testifying yesterday was former live-in employee of the hotel, Wendell Eastman, who said that the accused was a guest of the hotel from November 12 and had occupied room 9 with a female.