Ex-convict Quincy Noel yesterday appeared in court charged with the murder of prison officer Richard Sandy.
Noel, 33, who was arrested by police at house in Claxton Bay last Tuesday, appeared in the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court on a total of four charges arising out of the incident in October. Sandy, a father of five, was liming with another prison officer at a Gasparillo bar when a man, known to both officers, approached, spoke to them and then shot Sandy.
Sandy, 46, who was attached at the Ration Room at the Port-of-Spain prison, had 22 years’ service.
Noel is charged with the October 8 murder of Sandy. The other charges alleged at the same place on October 7, he unlawfully committed an act of common assault on Adrian Jackson and he had in his possession a firearm and ammunition.
Noel was unrepresented when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Cherril-Anne Antoine in the First Court, but he declined to apply for a legal aid attorney. Noel said he was a pipe fitter and had a common-law wife and four children.
Court prosecutor Cleyon Seedan said a state attorney will have to be appointed for the matter.
Noel was remanded into custody to reappear in Court on December 18.