Manchester Circuit Court convicted a Manchester businessman after finding him guilty at the end of a four-week trial on Friday, October 19, 2024.
The Court heard evidence that the businessman offered another man $60,000 to kill the top executive at the People’s Cooperative Bank (PCB). He wanted more accessible access to loans.
Manchester Circuit Court authorities identified the convict as Marvin Morris, a business owner.
The Manchester Circuit Court will sentence Morris on February 7, 2025.
The Court acquitted Angela Butler, a former loans officer at the bank. She was also on trial for her alleged involvement in the plot to murder Griffiths.
After hearing the evidence, the presiding judge ruled there was no case for her to answer.
According to the allegations, between October 1 and November 6, 2013, Morris offered Gemral Anderson $60,000 to kill Glenroy Griffiths. Griffiths was chairman of the PCB at the time.
The police initially arrested Anderson in connection with the plot but later agreed to become the main prosecution witness.
During the trial, Anderson gave evidence that, in September 2013, Morris approached him about a lady who wanted somebody dead. She was willing to pay $60,000″.
He said Morris promised to advance him $10,000 to buy bullets to carry out the attack.
Anderson disclosed that Morris provided the cash but later changed his mind about using a gun. Instead, he opted for a screwdriver.
He said the businessman gave him the screwdriver and instructions to stab Griffiths.
Anderson told the Circuit Court he got cold feet and aborted the murder plot.
Anderson gave evidence that he did not know Griffiths. He said the businessman took him to the bank executive’s offices to “point him out.”
However, Griffiths was not at his office, so the businessman took him to Griffiths’ home and showed him around.
Anderson said Morris took him to a garage at the house, showed him where to lay in wait, and also an escape route.
Also, Anderson said the businessman gave him a telephone so he could call him to transport him from the home after the incident.
Anderson told the Manchester Circuit Court that, on November 6, 2013, at about 6:30 p.m., Morris dropped him off at him to Griffiths’ home. He said that about five minutes later, Morris had called and informed him that Griffiths was on his way home. Morris also gave him a description of the motor vehicle.
Fortunately, Anderson said he got cold feet when Griffiths, who was in the company of a church elder, arrived home.
The would-be hitman said it was “like two angels descended from Heaven because he saw two women with wings.”
He disclosed details of the deadly scheme to Griffiths. Griffiths later transported him to the Spalding Police Station, where he made a caution statement.
Additionally, Anderson said while the police were taking his statement, Morris called, inquiring whether the job had been done.