Resh­ma Ra­goonath

Fish­er­man Wil­land Mitchell, who is ac­cused of stab­bing his for­mer wife Sab­ri­na Lal­la-Mitchell to death at Bavar­i­an Mo­tors, has re­tained at­tor­ney Ja­son Jack­son to de­fend him. Yes­ter­day Mitchell, 44, reap­peared be­fore deputy Chief Mag­is­trate Mark Welling­ton in the San Fer­nan­do First Court. When the mat­ter was called po­lice pros­e­cu­tor Sgt Roland Williams told Welling­ton, the com­plainant in the mat­ter, Cpl Roger Reid was on in­jury leave and could not at­tend court.

Mitchell, when asked if he had an at­tor­ney, in­formed Welling­ton at­tor­ney Ja­son Jack­son had been re­tained to rep­re­sent him. How­ev­er, Jack­son was not in court when the mat­ter was called. At­tor­ney Shaun Tikas­ingh held for Jack­son and in­di­cat­ed his col­league had "a per­son­al dif­fi­cul­ty" yes­ter­day which pre­vent­ed him from at­tend­ing court.

Jack­son, Tikas­ingh said, re­quest­ed the mat­ter be ad­journed to the reg­u­lar ad­journ­ment date. Welling­ton ad­journed the mat­ter to De­cem­ber 23. Mitchell was charged with stab­bing to death Lal­la-Mitchell at her work­place� Bavar­i­an Mo­tors Ltd� Todd Street, San Fer­nan­do, on Oc­to­ber 26. Lal­la-Mitchell, 34, an as­sis­tant man­ag­er, was stabbed 20 times, a post mortem re­port said.