Eric Brian Williams Soto has been charged with the shooting death of retired prison officer Harry Elliott.
During a Summary Court appearance on Wednesday 9 Nov., Williams Soto appeared via video link. No pleas were entered and the matter was transferred to the higher court.
“The defendant has been charged with one count of murder and one count of possession of an unlicensed firearm,” said prosecutor Hema Soondarsingh. “Both of these charges or Category A charges which means they can only be dealt with in the Grand Court and so the prosecution is requesting that this matter be set for the next hearing, on Friday.”
Williams Soto is the second person to have been charged with Elliott’s death.
Elliott was shot and killed in a commercial building along School Road, George Town on 25 April, in what police say was a robbery gone wrong.
In May Justin Jackson was apprehended after leading police on a days-long man hunt. Jackson and Williams Soto were both charged in relation to a loaded firearm which was recovered from the abandoned vehicle.
Jackson was charged with Elliott’s murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm, to which he pleaded not guilty. Williams Soto denied that initial firearms charge. At that time, he had not been charged with the murder.
Both men remain in custody and are scheduled to return to court on Friday.
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