Two months after he escaped from the Arima Magistrates’ Court murder accused Hamilton “Musa” Small was recaptured by officers of the North-Eastern Division Task Force.
Police said based on information they received they stopped a car in Santa Cruz on Thursday evening and arrested three men and a woman.
The two men held with Small are being questioned in relation to murders. All three men are being held at the Morvant Police Station while the woman is being held at the Barataria Police Station. Police said Small gave them a wrong name in an attempt to throw them off but they were informed of his whereabouts and knew who he was.
On November 28, Small after escaping went to visit the son he had never seen. According to police, the Rose Drive, Carapo man went to Congo Terrace, Arima, to visit the mother of his child hoping to see his three-year-old son, but left without seeing the child.
Police said around 9 am Small climbed a wall at the courthouse and escaped. He changed his clothing before mingling with the crowd gathered outside the courthouse before disappearing. He was charged for allegedly murdering 21-year-old Jason Granderson at his Carapo home in 2014.