City constable Gregory Bascom, who back in 2018 had fatally shot a detainee who was reportedly attempting to escape the Bourda Market Outpost, has been cleared of the charge.
Bascom had been indicted for manslaughter for the January 14th, 2018, killing of 34-year-old vendor Marlon Fredericks, at whom he was accused of unlawfully discharging his service weapon.
Following the conclusion of a voir dire last Thursday, trial Judge Priya Sewnarine-Beharry upheld a no-case submission which Bascom’s attorney Yuborn Allicock had made; thereby directing the jury to return a verdict of not guilty.
