NASSAU- A BDF marine assigned to sentry duty at Government House fell asleep at his post on the morning of Petty Officer Percival Perpall’s murder, a court heard.
What’s more, Leonardo Forbes discovered that his BDF-issued 9mm pistol was missing when he was awoken by gunshots after 2am on April 28, 2019.
Forbes remains on the job, despite his admission of negligence.
Called as a witness at the trial of Able Seaman Jevon Perpall, Forbes testified that it was customary for him not to secure his gun on a holster.
According to Forbes, he had placed the firearm inside the cavity of a concrete block before he fell asleep.
After hearing the shots, a startled Forbes claimed that he saw a man dressed in camouflage fatigues running away from the guardroom at Government House.
Forbes said he initially thought the man was Calvin Hanna, the marine he had relieved from sentry duty.
But Forbes said he could not see the fleeing man’s face.
Seymour is on trial for Perpall’s murder and the attempted murders of marines Hanna and Ellis Rahming.
Perpall was shot dead while in the work area of the guardroom. Hanna and Rahming claim that Seymour shot at them too, but he allegedly missed.
Seymour, however, has denied the accusations at his trial before Senior Justice Bernard Turner.
