Earlier today in the courtroom of Justice Derick Sylvester, accused murderer Shawn Hertular, who has been convicted of a similar capital offense in the past, saw the charge against him being dismissed. That’s because a Crown Counsel from the D.P.P.’s Office failed to appear in court for a hearing involving that matter this morning. Hertular was arrested and charged in connection with the stabbing death of Miguel Zaiden in November 2021. Zaiden, a resident of Amara Avenue here in Belize City, was viciously attacked and stabbed multiple times by a man as he attempted to drive away on a motorcycle. Prior to that incident, Hertular had been sentenced to twenty years in prison for a previous killing.