Chester Sam­bra­no

A Port of Spain man has ap­peared in court vir­tu­al­ly, charged with the mur­der of his young son, which oc­curred in the Bel­mont dis­trict on Mon­day, Ju­ly 17, 2023.

Josi­ah Eli­jah David, 22, of East Dry Riv­er, was charged with the of­fence when he ap­peared be­fore Mag­is­trate Mau­reen Ba­boolal­Gafoor, in the Port of Spain Mag­is­trates’ Court yes­ter­day.

The mat­ter was ad­journed to Au­gust 16th, 2023.

Ac­cord­ing to the TTPS, on Mon­day, Ju­ly 17, a one-year and eleven-month-old child was brought in­to the Ac­ci­dent and Emer­gency De­part­ment of the Port of Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal for treat­ment.

He was pro­nounced dead by doc­tors short­ly af­ter.

A post-mortem showed the cause of death to be Haem Peri­toneum, Trau­mat­ic Brain Haem­or­rhage and Mul­ti­ple Blunt Force In­juries.

Po­lice say one male sus­pect was ar­rest­ed on Wednes­day, Ju­ly 26, 2023, by of­fi­cers of the Homi­cide Bu­reau of In­ves­ti­ga­tions, Re­gion Three. In­ves­ti­ga­tions were su­per­vised by W/ASP (Ag.) Bridglal and In­sps.

Lynch and Mon­groo, all of HBI Re­gion One.

They were as­sist­ed by of­fi­cers at­tached to the Bel­mont Po­lice Sta­tion. David was charged by PC Khan of HBI, Re­gion One yes­ter­day fol­low­ing ad­vice re­ceived from Act­ing Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions, Joan Hon­ore-Paul, on Mon­day, Ju­ly 31, 2023.