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The mur­der of for­mer po­lice of­fi­cer Arkim Bak­er at a bar in Curepe dur­ing the ear­ly hours yes­ter­day, has left a bit­ter taste in the mouth of his col­leagues and reg­u­lars who knew him.

Bak­er, 39, died af­ter be­ing shot in the chest by a masked gun­man as he stood be­hind the bar, at­tend­ing to cus­tomers.

Po­lice said the brazen shoot­ing took place around 2 am in­side Bob­by’s Bar, South­ern Main Road.