Georgetown: Hotel proprietor Erwin Bacchus was on Tuesday committed to stand trial in the High court for the August 2018 murder of his neighbour, Jason De Floirmonte.
The case was heard by Magistrate, Judy Latchman. Bacchus’ attorney made a no case submission but special prosecutor to the case argued that Bacchus used excessive force and that he should be committed to stand trial.
After lengthy submissions, Bacchus was committed to the high court.
Bacchus, 45, of 260 Fifth Avenue, Subryanville, was on $1.5M bail after being originally charged with manslaughter. However, the manslaughter charge was upgraded to murder on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
According to reports, on August 4, 2018, around 01:00hrs, De Florimonte, who lived in proximity to Bacchus’s hotel, was seen abusing a young woman. Bacchus’s employee, a handyman, intervened and De Florimonte reportedly armed himself with a rolling pin and a knife and attacked the handyman, who ran into the compound of the hotel. Bacchus, a licensed firearm holder, drew his firearm and fired two warning shots, but De Florimonte continued to attack the handyman.
It was then that Bacchus fired several shots at De Florimonte, causing him to be mortally wounded.
An autopsy conducted on De Florimonte’s remains revealed that he was shot three times about his body.
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