Po­lice have ar­rest­ed and charged a 35-year-old man for the mur­der of Can­dace Cassie-Ann Lemessy, who was gunned down near her Ma­yaro home on Tues­day 17 June, 2025.

Samuel Paul, of Ma­yaro, was al­so charged with pos­ses­sion of a firearm. The Of­fice of the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions, through Deputy DPP Mrs Dougadeen-Jaglal, gave the ad­vice for his ar­rest on Mon­day 7 Ju­ly.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice, of­fi­cers re­spond­ed to re­ports of gun­fire at LP 54 Church Road around 3:30 p.m. and found Lemessy's body in the front seat of a white MG ve­hi­cle. She had been shot mul­ti­ple times and was slumped to­ward the dri­ver’s side. The ve­hi­cle, parked un­der a shed, showed gun­shot dam­age to the wind­screen and both front doors.