Dorian Anthony Beats Second Murder Charge

Twenty‑year‑old Dorian Denver Anthony has now beaten two murder charges. Today, he walked out of court a free man after being acquitted of the 2023 shooting death of Trenton Webster, while still awaiting trial for another murder in Belmopan. Webster was gunned down outside his Rasta Street home on October nineteenth, 2023. Anthony, then just eighteen, was charged after Webster’s wife gave police a detailed statement identifying him as the shooter. But when she took the stand this week, she recanted everything. She told the court she never saw the gunman and never said otherwise, forcing the crown to treat her as a hostile witness. This morning, Justice Nigel Pilgrim ruled that her earlier inconsistent statement was inadmissible. With no eyewitness, no forensic evidence, and no circumstantial link to Anthony, the prosecution had nothing left. The crown conceded, and attorney Dr. Lynden Jones immediately made a no‑case submission. The judge agreed, saying the remaining evidence couldn’t fairly support a conviction. After just four days of trial, Anthony was found not guilty. Justice Pilgrim noted that the witness was “terrified” on the stand and pointed out that Belize’s Justice Protection Act, on the books since 2006, still isn’t operational. He said a functioning witness‑protection program is urgently needed to prevent situations like this. This is the second murder charge Anthony has beaten. At seventeen, he had also been accused in the killing of sixty-one‑year‑old Emert Flowers. Today’s acquittal means he is free of Webster’s murder, though he remains on remand for a separate killing in Belmopan.