A South Oropouche man will appear in the Siparia Magistrates’ Court tomorrow charged with the murder of 17-year-old David Sancaro. The accused is a 37-year-old mechanic.
Sancaro, of St Mary’s Village, South Oropouche, was run over by a van on July 16 following an altercation at a bar.
According to reports, at around 9 pm on July 16, Sancaro and two of his friends, Stephen Tannis, 22, and Kadeem Elliot, 14, both of Fyzabad intervened when they saw a man allegedly physically abusing his female companion at a bar. The trio were liming along the Southern Main Road, Otaheite at the time.
When they intervened, the man allegedly grabbed a cutlass and chased them. The youngsters fled and the man followed in his Ford Ranger pickup. Sancaro’s friends were able to jump into a ditch to escape but Sancaro, who had recently had a minor surgery was unable to follow them.
The man allegedly hit Sancaro with the van and then reversed the vehicle on his body.
When the man tried to run over Sancaro a second time, Tannis and Elliot began pelting the vans with stones. The man drove off and later reported the matter to the Oropouche Police.
Sancaro was taken to the San Fernando General Hospital where he died while receiving treatment. He was laid to rest on Wednesday after a service at Guide’s Crematorium in San Fernando.