UPDATE: Phone records, CCTV link DR man to Alston Penn’s murder- DPP
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Kim Hollis, QC is aggressively leading the prosecution case in the trial of Hernandez, 38, accused of the murder of Penn as occasioned on March 10, 2017.
Of note, as highlighted by Hollis during the accused murderer’s court appearance, was the fact that the last answered called on Penn’s phone record was at 2:00 AM, merely hours before his lifeless body was discovering lying partly naked in his blood on the road side in the Windy Hill area on the Western side of Tortola.
The Prosecution described the injuries to Penn’s body as “extensive” and “severe trauma” mainly to the face and skull. Two boulders covered in blood and clothing of Penn were also found on the scene.
In addition to the phone records, the DPP boss told the court about CCTV footage, which allegedly showed the accused Spanish speaking man driving a borrowed vehicle with which he picked up the differently abled man, Penn, around 11:00 PM on March 9, 2017 not far from Penn’s home in East End.
Accused had left territory on day of murder
The very day of the murder Hernandez left the territory for his home country, Dominican Republic, where he resided with his wife, children and mother. Here in the Virgin Islands he reportedly had another relationship which he claimed to have ended prior to March 9, 2017.
However, he apparently had no idea that police investigators were on to him and he was back in the territory on April 1, 2017 when police arrested him upon arrival at the Terrence B. Lettsome International Airport the moment he landed.
According to the Prosecution, Hernandez frequently travelled home to his family and his Facebook posts tell a lot of one side of his life; glamour, family and work.
Unemployed
The court heard that Hernandez had no fixed employment in the territory but worked in the construction industry. At the time of his arrest he had no job. He also told investigators that after separating from his VI girlfriend he was renting a room at Rudy’s Bar.
Hernandez was remanded to prison and was instructed by the Magistrate to get himself a lawyer as it was her opinion he shouldn’t even handle his paper committal matter without a lawyer. His case will be tried in the High Court.
The accused’s next Magistrate’s Court appearance is set for May 19, 2017.
See previous article published April 4, 2017
Man charged for Alston Penn murder remanded
The man charged for the murder of Alston Penn made an appearance at the Magistrate’s Court today, April 4, 2017.
Santo Yamarco Hernandez, 38, native of the Dominican Republic, residing in Spring Ghut, was remanded to prison until his next court date.
Hernandez was charged on April 1, 2017 with Alston Penn’s murder.
The body of Penn was found on Windy Hill, Tortola on the morning of March 10, 2017.
More details to follow.
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63 Responses to “UPDATE: Phone records, CCTV link DR man to Alston Penn’s murder- DPP”
Wise up I have to blogged to put your stupid uneducated @4$ in your place. And don't try to fool people that you grow up around here, because your foolish @4$ came here from St. Kitts
Kermit, you sound just as foolish as wise up, this is our country and if we continue to sit by and watch crime happen, know things and continue to sit on our behind and say nothing with an effort to bring the criminals to just then come up with your lame @$$ excuses that you don't trust police and it have crooked cop, well I have news for you, you are not doing the police no harm, you are only helping to destroy this country. I know that there are some bad apples in the police force that cannot be trusted but you want to tell me that there are no other persons in the community that you trust that you can pass the information to that they will in turn pass it on to the police? There are also anonymous hotline that can be utilized, so stop your lame @$$ excuse about trust and crooked. I can bet you if I asked you to give one reason why you personally don't trust police you can't provide one. It's like an epidemic, that trickles down to generations but it's fully. Sick and tired of people like you with your lame @$$ excuse about you don't trust police. Well take your information to a minister of government, the gospel or some reputable person and asked them to pass it on to the police. It's time we wake up and smell the coffee and stop allowing this country from going to hell in a hand basket
VG, I fully understand now the true meaning of ignorance after I read you comment. Gosh, you are a let down big time. You needs to get your #$$ up from behind your television. Watching too much of that
anytime you hear a f*g*ot police was involve in the killing it might just be @police wa up here blogging. Prob why them catch he and moving on the case so fast
You say Santo looks indecisive, ridiculous, weak and scared? Well he is alive and SHOULD look like all of these things, because he is still breathing the breath of life, not so for poor Alston who he allegedly snuffed out and left on the road like garbage. To the prosecutors.....don't mess this up and send his rachett behind to PRISON if guilty, then have him deported to his home land he love so much and never allowed to return!
@Passion, Since your Uncle is innocent why don't you take his place. You are just trying to be stupid.
Thank you for catching the brute that allegedly committed this brutal crime. I did not know Penn but, he did not deserved what happened to him. I have faith that all the other unsolved will be solved in due time. People please assist the police with any information.How can you see the victims families walking around and know what happen to their loved ones and not say anything.
Why would he need there be a last recorded call at 2 am if they were together?
My conclusion is he we took him to another place or individual who can at to the story or there are more persons involved in this crime.
Police need to look into this
Nobody can't just 'come' here, BVIslanders and Belongers have to bring them here, there is a process. If we are making up fake jobs to get people in here then we reap what we sow, simple.
@huge holes in the case. Stop playing fr***ing police. You think what you blogging here is news to the police. Some ah you talk too fast, wait till the evidence comes out in court at trial before you declare a Not Guilty
@ progress. The police usually find many killers, but some wicked @4$ people who sit as jurors watch all the evidence, steering them in their faces and declare the killers not guilty, placing them back in community to continue their killing spree. Look at that t*g3r case. Wicked bunch of people
They need to put him in the same cell with Tribal.
It's bad enough married man wants to run around with sidey and keep it a secret but now they want to run around with men also. Wives be alert with the other half. They jumping from house to house and hope to hope. They went to keep it a secret then tap innocent lives for talking.
I want to know the reason (if there is a different one) why did GOD destroyed Sodom and Gommorah.
YALL KEEP SLAPPING GOD IN HE FACE. carry on.