Two men charged with murder were yesterday committed to stand trial at the Port-of-Spain High Court. Osara Neptune and Risko Mc Donald stood before Chief Magistrate Sherman Mc Nicolls in the Port-of-Spain Magistrates' Court charged with the October 2008 murder of Ricky Wilson, 21, at Angelina Terrace, Morvant.
The last witness in the preliminary inquiry into the murder–Special Reserve Police Inspector Kenneth Anthony Martin– took the witness stand after which State attorney Kerianne Byer said the prosecution wanted to close the case. Neptune's attorney Keith Scotland said he had no sustainable submission to make and requested that Chief Magistrate Sherman Mc Nicolls proceed to the committal stage.
Both accused bowed their heads as Mc Nicolls ruled that a prima facie case had been made out against them and they were to stand trial in the High Court. Wilson and two men were sitting in a car on Angelina Street on October 27, 2008, when two gunmen walked up to them. The gunmen opened fire on the car forcing Wilson to jump out and run down the street. He was shot and died. One of the other two men in the car was also shot.