A Coryal man is ex­pect­ed to ap­pear be­fore an Ari­ma Mag­is­trate to­day, charged with the mur­der of Paul Car­rera, which oc­curred on Fri­day 31 Jan­u­ary 2020.

Fol­low­ing ad­vice re­ceived from the Of­fice of the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions on Tues­day 11 Feb­ru­ary 2020, mur­der charges were laid against 45-year-old GLEN JOSEPH of Carmichael Vil­lage, Coryal.

Ac­cord­ing to of­fi­cial po­lice re­ports, 51-year-old Paul Car­rera, of Cu­mu­to Main Road, Tamana, was stand­ing along the road­way at Tal­paro Junc­tion, on Wednes­day 29 Jan­u­ary 2020, when he was ap­proached by an as­sailant armed with a piece of wood.

The as­sailant pro­ceed­ed to hit the vic­tim sev­er­al blows to the head with the piece of wood be­fore es­cap­ing.

The vic­tim was tak­en to the Ari­ma Health Fa­cil­i­ty for treat­ment be­fore be­ing trans­ferred to the in­ten­sive care unit of the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex, where he died on Fri­day 31 Jan­u­ary 2020.

A sus­pect sub­se­quent­ly sur­ren­dered to of­fi­cers of the La Hor­quet­ta Po­lice Sta­tion on Mon­day 3 Feb­ru­ary 2020.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions were su­per­vised by ASP Sean Dhilpaul of the Homi­cide Bu­reau of In­ves­ti­ga­tions (Re­gion 2). Glen Joseph, was charged by PC Mar­vin Burke, of the San Raphael Po­lice Sta­tion.