A first-degree murder case is going straight to trial after the accused waived his right to have the evidence tested at a preliminary inquiry.
Twenty-year-old Ibrahim Hussein was arrested and charged several days after 33-year-old Gerald Kyle Hynes was shot to death on Watson Street back in April.
Police arrest the Hussein brothers at the ferry terminal in Port aux Basques. (Submitted/file photo)
He also faces related gun charges and breaches of release orders, plus previous charges of assault and making death threats.
Hussein Hussein is shown during his bail hearing in Supreme Court in St. John’s on May 14th. (VOCM News/file)
His older brother, 23-year-old Hussein Hussein, is charged with accessory after the fact to murder; in other words helping the accused escape.
They were on the run for a couple of days before being captured at the ferry terminal in Port aux Basques.
Earlier this week three more people — one man and two women aged 18 to 25 — were arrested and also charged with helping the accused after the shooting.
They were released on conditions with future court dates while the Hussein brothers remain in custody.
Ibrahim Hussein has chosen to be tried by Supreme Court judge and jury, with formal arraignment and trial dates to be set in December.
The elder brother still has his preliminary inquiry set for mid-November.
