Taxi driver charged with murder

A Diego Martin man appeared before a Port of Spain magistrate yesterday charged with the September 17 murder of Amado Hernandez in Santa Cruz.

Hernandez, 21, of Cuffy Lane, Pipiol Road, Santa Cruz was standing outside his girlfriend’s home at Sam Boucaud Road, Santa Cruz, when a vehicle approached and a gunman got out. He shot Hernandez several times.

Kernell Rousseau, 24, a taxi driver of Petit Valley, appeared in the Port of Spain Magistrates Court yesterday, charged with Hernandez’s murder, as well as possession of a firearm and ammunition. He was charged on Sunday by PC Kevin Andrews of the Homicide Bureau of Investigations (Region II). Rousseau is expected to return to court next month.