Man freed of strangling woman he knew

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June 8, 2026

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A man has been acquitted of strangling a woman with whom he had been previously intimate.

Stefan O’Brien was found not guilty by a nine-member jury before High Court Judge Sherene Murray-Bailey at the end of his trial at the Hall of Justice in Port-of-Spain last Wednesday.

O’Brien was accused of causing grievous bodily harm to Zakiya Penn in an alleged incident at his home on July 13, 2019.

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