Murder trial adjourned until Monday

The trial of accused quadruple murderers Patrick Robateau and Leslie Pipersburg continued this morning before adjourning until Monday. Only two witnesses were called to the stand, including marketing manager for Bowen and Bowen, Nick Pollard Junior. Pollard was asked to clarify operational details at the Slaughterhouse Road distribution centre and to comment on the type of uniform used by employees of the different units of the company. Pollard also testified that he did not know the defendants personally, but that he had seen them on the job at various times. Pollard also testified that, as far as he knows, the security lights on the compound have not been changed since the incident on June eighteenth, 2002, and that the same bright yellow lights still provide illumination for the compound at night. The other witness, Carol Andrews, gave testimony about the whereabouts of her brother, a potential witness who worked as a supervisor at the distribution centre at the time of the incident. Andrews told the court that her brother is in the United States and that she is in frequent contact with him, but that he is unable to return to the country because his immigration status is not in order. Pipersburg and Robateau are accused of robbing their employers of an estimated thirty thousand dollars in cash and killing security guards Fidel Mai and Kevin Alvarez. The duo is also accused of murdering Cherry Tucker and David Flores in their car that was parked by the seaside in the Buttonwood Bay area of Belize City. The adjournment of the case became necessary because prosecutor Marjorie Moyston had to attend a seminar on the topic of human trafficking this afternoon, and presiding judge Troadio Gonzalez is scheduled to take part in a seminar on money laundering on Friday.