Er accused calls for probe into killing of Kescia Branche

he said he never did.

He said that the lawmen took DNA samples from him and he was confident that he would ultimately be exonerated.

“But to date, the DNA never came in evidence. So I don’t know what happened there,” Munroe said.

Munroe said he remains aghast that he was charged for the murder, though the police had admitted finding no link between his car which he said they claimed to have been the murder weapon and the murder.

While emphasizing his innocence, and relief at being freed, the 52-yearold is urging investigators to launch a fresh probe into the woman’s killing, so that her family can have both closure and justice.

Unable to locate a witness who it said was key, the prosecution last week conceded failure in discharging its burden of proof by establishing a prima facie case against Munroe, which saw him being freed.

His trial had already gotten underway when the State made the disclosure. In the circumstances, Justice Sandil Kissoon directed the jury to return a formal verdict of not guilty in favour of the former taxi driver, which saw him being discharged and cleared of the capital offence.

That State had built a circumstantial case against Munroe.

The indictment against him was that he murdered the 22-year-old Richard Ishmael Secondary School teacher on November 7th, 2017, at Georgetown.

Branche, a mother of one, was found unconscious and badly wounded on the morning of November 5th, 2017, along Cemetery Road, obliquely opposite the cemetery office, in Georgetown.

She succumbed to her injuries two days later while in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital.

An autopsy later revealed that she died as a result of brain haemorrhaging and blunt trauma to the brain.