Arima man charged with 2016 murder

An Arima man yesterday appeared before an Arima Magistrate charged with the murder of Brent Straker in October 2016.

In a release, police said Nixon Anthony Gordon, 41, of Hosein Street, Arima was charged with murder after advice was received from Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Joan Honore-Paul on September 3. Gordon was charged by Inspector David Guelmo, of the La

Horquetta Police Station the following day.

Straker, 32 of Phase 4, La Horquetta was found dead at his girlfriend’s Greenville Park, La Horquetta home, on October 6, 2016. He had been chopped about the body several times.