{"id":262838,"date":"2021-02-03T13:40:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T17:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=262838"},"modified":"2021-02-03T16:03:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T20:03:45","slug":"castle-bruce-man-charged-with-murder-of-tricia-wiltshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/castle-bruce-man-charged-with-murder-of-tricia-wiltshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Castle Bruce man charged with murder of Tricia Wiltshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_262842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262842\" style=\"width: 542px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262842\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Taino.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"542\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Taino.jpg 542w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Taino-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-262842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taino Roberts &#8211; photo credit Nature Isle News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A 31-year-old man from Windblow Castle Bruce is now formally charged with the murder of\u00a0 Tricia Wiltshire, of Castle Bruce who resided at Stockfarm.<\/p>\n<p>Taino Roberts appeared before Magistrate Gloria Augustus today where the charge of murder was read to him.<\/p>\n<p>Since the matter is an indictable offence\u2013 warrants a trial by jury\u2013 Roberts was not required to enter a plea.<\/p>\n<p>According to information from the police, Wiltshire, 30-years-old, was discovered lying naked in a pool of blood on the floor of her apartment about 8:30 p.m on Sunday 24, January 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe discovery was made by a neighbour who went to investigate upon hearing screaming coming from her [Wiltshire] apartment and shortly thereafter, took a smell of liquefied petroleum gas coming from that apartment,\u201d Inspector John Carbon stated.<\/p>\n<p>He said Wiltshire had received multiple lacerations to her neck, chest and other parts of her body.<\/p>\n<p>Her body was transported to the Dominica-China Friendship Hospital where it was examined and pronounced dead by a medical practitioner.<\/p>\n<p>Carbon further stated that foul play was suspected in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>At the court hearing, Taino, who came unrepresented, informed the court of his desire for legal representation. As a result, attorney-at-law, Joshua Francis, offered his services to the accused which he accepted.<\/p>\n<p>Bail is not open to Taino and as such, he is remanded at the Dominica State Prison.<\/p>\n<p>The matter was adjourned to June 29, 2021, for Preliminary Inquiry (PI) to determine if there is enough evidence for it to be tried at the High court.<\/p>\n<p>Wilshire\u2019s homicide is the second recorded for 2021, the first being Bernadette Nicholas, 86 year-old female of Grand Bay who resided at Woodford Hill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 31-year-old man from Windblow Castle Bruce is now formally charged with the murder of\u00a0 Tricia Wiltshire, of Castle Bruce who resided at Stockfarm. 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