Frik De Meyere Questioned for Mannsfeld Murder

Police are investigating the murder of American real estate developer Boris Alexander Mannsfeld. On the night of February twenty-first, around nine p.m., Mannsfeld was found dead at his luxury home, Cocoplum Villas in Maya Beach, with a gunshot wound to the neck. Nearby, police found a spent shell casing, his wallet with cash, and his loaded firearm still in its holster. Here’s News Five’s Britney Gordon with the full report.

 

Andrew Bennett, Attorney-at-law

“In my experience, whenever you’re dealing with a firearm and you want that firearm to be, I was examined by the Forensics Department. What normally happens is that firearm is secured in an evidence gun box. It is sealed, and the owner of the firearm would sign on those on the tip, which is a seal for the box. When I questioned the police about whether that was done it wasn’t as well as in terms of personal property.  If the police take custody of your personal property, I know that normally they would issue a receipt. It’s called a triplicate receipt. None was issued to my client. So I was, and I remain very apprehensive and very weary in terms of how that whole process was dealt with, especially because it was done by a, I would consider Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Jaime Gonzalez, to be a very senior officer and would have known what the procedure is, but unfortunately, that is the case.”

 

Isani Cayetano

“Is there anything else involving your client on this particular matter that I may be overlooking that you care to announce?”

 

Andrew Bennett

“That my client is innocent? Other than that, my client remains he is very cooperative with the police. He has attended an interview. I must say that the interview has been very I would say professional. My client is not being mistreated in any way, but that does not  mean that he waives any right to bring an action against the police for false imprisonment because we are of the view that he was detained unlawfully and that there was no probable cause to hold him in detention for forty-eight-hours.”