Port Elizabeth man on manslaughter charge

Angus Penniston, a 29-year-old mason of Port Elizabeth, Bequia has been charged with manslaughter in the death of 50-year-old Vinnie Baptiste of Sandy Bay on Sunday August 12 in Bequia.{{more}}

When Penniston appeared at the Magistrates court on Monday, he was not allowed to plead as the matter is indictable, but was granted bail in the amount of $20,000 with two sureties.

According to the postmortem, Baptiste died from a heart attack caused by blunt trauma to the chest and broken ribs.

Baptiste, who was also known as Brenton or ‘Brocco’ was pronounced dead at the Bequia hospital following an altercation with some men who were attending a party at a bar near to his home.

Baptiste is expected to be laid to rest tomorrow in his home village in Sandy Bay, while a date for the preliminary inquiry is to be decided on September 10. (SB)