| Cop Killer Speechless In Court |
| Mon, March 27, 2017 |
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And this afternoon, 47 year old Marcial Toledo, a Honduran national was arraigned for the murder of Marvin Locke.
When Toledo arrived at court, the two CIB officers escorting him had to physically take him out of the police vehicle because he refused to move. Due to his head and facial injuries as seen in this footage, he appeared barely able to walk.
The labourer of Holy Emmanuel Street was taken before Chief Magistrate, Anne Marie Smith and read a single charge of murder. Inside the court room, he didn't say a word. Chief Magistrate, Anne Marie Smith took note of his unresponsive behaviour, so she asked him several questions. It was the court's understanding that he speaks no English so he was provided with a court interpreter. But when the interpreter spoke to Toledo in Spanish he got no response. She began to read him the charge but he would not even look up at her, so she asked, "Do you understand the charge?" Again she got no answer, so the Chief Magistrate asked him to nod his head if he is hearing her and again she got no response.
Despite all that he was still arraigned and remanded until June 16th.
And while he has not been naturalized or learned english, our records show that Toledo has been in Belize for a while. Our records show that in 2006, the same Marcial Toledo was shot in the stomach by 6 men allegedly trying to steal his bicycle. He was a security guard at the time.
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