Sascha Wil­son 

Mwan­za Joseph has been re­mand­ed in cus­tody af­ter ap­pear­ing in court charged with the mur­der of Po­lice Con­sta­ble Kr­ish­na Ba­na­har.

Joseph, 35, ap­peared be­fore Mas­ter Sarah de Sil­va at the South A Mas­ter's Court. He lives on St Rose Street, Gon­za­les Vil­lage, Guapo. Joseph was ar­rest­ed hours af­ter 25-year-old Ba­na­har was shot and killed on No­vem­ber 6.

Ba­na­har was part of a South West­ern Di­vi­sion an­ti-crime ex­er­cise on St Rose Street at the time of the shoot­ing. Joseph's broth­er, Hakim Joseph, was al­so killed dur­ing the in­ci­dent. Ba­na­har had served five years and was as­signed to the Siparia CID.

Ag. ASP Ma­haraj charged Joseph with the mur­der. Sta­tus and suf­fi­cien­cy hear­ings were set for No­vem­ber 5 and No­vem­ber 12, re­spec­tive­ly.