An Arima man is expected to appear virtually before an Arima magistrate today, charged with the murder of Andrea Bharatt, sometime between January 29 and February 4.
Negus George, 24, of Gooding Trace, Malabar, Arima, was charged on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Roger Gaspard.
Gaspard also advised George’s common law wife, Giselle Hobson, 37, of the same address, to be charged with receiving stolen property.
Andrea, 23, a clerk at the Arima Magistrates’ Court, from Arima Old Road, D’Abadie, was last seen boarding a taxi in Arima on January 29. Her family reported kidnapping. She was never seen alive again.
Her decomposing body was found in an abyss in the Heights of Aripo on February 4.
Investigations were supervised by ASP Douglas and Insp. Hosein of the Homicide Bureau of Investigations, Region 2, while George and Hobson, were indicted by PC Israel Emmanuel of the Arima Criminal Investigations Department (CID).
The investigation also involved agents from the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Special Operations Response Team, Cyber-Crime Unit, Arima Police Station and CID.