FRIDAY, AUGUST 07, 2026
VOLUME 120, No. 32
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ARREST IN DICKSON MURDER: ACCUSED DENIED BAIL different, and referenced the case exposed and consequences are of the 16-year-old who was granted inevitable. bail on a murder charge by the Those who hold fast to the message High Court on August 27. therein could well be saying that a The lawyer said he knew the man who had escaped “prosecution” Prosecution would object to bail for for a litany of charges including Henry as the lower Courts do not attempted murder and rape, was have the inherent jurisdiction to found dead in Dickson, Georgetown grant bail for murder, as Section on Saturday 1st August, with what 43 of the Criminal Procedures was said to be a number of gunshot Code has not yet been amended. wounds, He, however, pointed out that, The dead man was identified as “It is only procedure that the Clydon Cato, aka Savage, and said to (Court) order denying bail would be 31 years old. His death is recorded form part of the pending as the 29th homicide for the year, and application,” but he stopped short the second murder in the country in of saying what was the pending one week. application. Amir ‘Miller’ Roberts who was Clydon Cato was left for dead in the Prosecutor Shamrock Pierre gunned down in Lowman Leeward on public road in Dickson, after being pointed out that the lower Court does Friday 24th July was listed as shot multiple times. not have the inherent jurisdiction to homicide number 28. grant bail, as it is a creature of As the earlier part of this article BY HAYDN HUGGINS and KENVILLE statute, and that Connell could make covers, Rhyse Henry has been HORNE an application to the High Court if he charged with Cato’s murder. The (Connell) wants. Serious Offences Court has denied TEN DAYS AFTER HIGH COURT JUDGE A creature of statute is legally him bail. Gertel Thom granted bail to 16-year-old defined as a legal entity, office or One resident of Georgetown who Antonique Thomas of Colonaire on a court, that owes its entire existence, claimed to have known Cato “for a murder charge, the Serious Offences authority and power to a specific very long time’, described him as Court has denied bail for murder written law of legislature/act, rather “somebody who always look like he go accused Rhyse Henry. than to common law or natural origin. get in trouble with somebody.” Henry, a 33-year-old farmer of After listening to both sides, Chief The resident added: “The man like Dickson Village, Georgetown, has Magistrate Colin John made the order he have nine lives. He get off of a been charged with the murder of to deny Henry bail. rape charge and even an attempted Clydon Cato, a 35-year-old labourer, A constitutional motion is pending murder charge. The man was jus’ also of Georgetown, stemming from a before the High Court challenging lucky but it look like him rope com to shooting incident at Dickson Village Section 43 of the Criminal Procedures ah end. Those who live b by the at around 3am on August 1. Henry, who is being represented by Code, which states that bail cannot be sword shall die by the sword,” the considered for a murder charge, resident sad. attorney Grant Connell, was not unless a mandatory nine months has A number pf people took to social required to plead when he appeared media platforms to express the view before Chief Magistrate Colin John at elapsed. In the interim, Thomas was that residents in the area were now the Serious Offences Court on granted leave by the High Court to feeling like a “weight’ had been lifted Thursday. apply for, and was granted bail on the off the community. Connell requested disclosure, and murder charge, in light of her specific made an application for bail under Continued on Page 3. Section 43 of the Criminal Procedures circumstances. Code. He noted that Henry was not a Right: Rhyse Henry, seen here leaving “Savage” is no more flight risk or threat to society, and the Serious offence Court on Tuesday, could provide a suitable surety. has been charged for the murder of There is a saying that Connell acknowledged that in every Clydon Cato. This followed quick wrongdoings will eventually be murder case, the factual matrix is work by the investigating officers.