Tonight, Belize City men Jermaine Belgrave and Jeffrey Flowers are free of attempted murder and aggravated assault charges after their trial in the Supreme Court concluded this evening. They were accused of opening fire on 2 police officers and trying to kill them in March of last year.
Both men stood trial before Justice Adolph Lucas where Police Constables Harold Grinage and Alexis Banner told the court that on March 26, 2012, they were on mobile patrol on the Southside of Belize City. The men said that when they arrived on Baghdad Street they came under heavy gun fire, and they were shot at multiple times.
According to the officers, they identified Belgrave and Flowers as the gunmen who was firing at them, and all they were trying to do was to detain the men who acted suspiciously before the bullets came flying at them.
In their defence, Belgrave and Flowers told the court that the police officers were mistaken, and that they were elsewhere when this shooting supposedly happened.
The jury of 9 deliberated for just over 1 and a half hours, and when they returned, they found both men not guilty of the charges.
Jeffrey Flowers was able to leave court, but Belgrave was taken back to prison. He remains on remand while he awaits trial for murder.
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