A week after the body of a man was found stuffed in a garbage bag, a security officer has appeared in court charged with his murder.
Christopher Alexander, also known as Kim, 35, was arrested at the scene of the crime. He stood silently as Magistrate Christine Charles read the charge to him in the San Fernando First Court.
The charge alleged that on December 18 at the National Energy Skills Center (NESC) in Debe he murdered 35-year-old Keil Lempsey of St Augustine during a domestic argument.
Police officers went to the NESC campus where they found Lempsey’s body wrapped in a sheet and stuffed in a garbage bag. He had been stabbed multiple times.
Alexander, of Corinth Settlement, Ste Madeleine, was charged by PC Smith following instructions from acting Director of Public Prosecutions Joan Honore-Paul. He was represented by duty counsel Indira Binda.
Prosecutor Sgt Denzil Alexander told the magistrate it would take about a week for the file to be sent to the DPP’s office for a prosecutor to be assigned to the case.
Alexander had several relatives in court, one of whom collapsed outside the court after the matter was adjourned.
The accused was remanded into custody to reappear on January 24.