Two 20-year-old brothers are accused of murdering a Mississauga teenager whose body was found Friday. Peel police confirmed Saturday that the 14-year-old found dead near Meadow Park, in the southern part of the city, was Riley Driver-Martin. He is the youngest homicide victim in Peel Region this year.On Saturday, police announced that 20-year-old Nicholas Mahabir had been charged with second-degree murder. In a later news release, police said Nicholas’s brother, Mark Mahabir, also 20, is also wanted for second-degree murder. A warrant has been issued for his arrest.It is rare for someone as young as Driver-Martin to be a murder victim in the GTA. It’s even more unusual for an adult — though the Mahabirs are still young men — to be accused in the killing. Nicholas Mahabir appeared briefly in handcuffs in a second-floor Brampton courtroom on Saturday afternoon, a slight and short man wearing a long-sleeved grey shirt, with thick black hair that curled past his shoulders and a dark beard. His father, who avoided reporters, was seated in a back-row bench during the short proceeding in which Mahabir’s lawyer ask for the case be adjourned to a later date. Mahabir will remain in jail until a bail hearing is held.His lawyer, Marcus Bornfreund, said he doesn’t yet know what, if any, relationship his client is alleged to have had with Driver-Martin. He didn’t know if Nicholas Mahabir had a criminal record.“He maintains his innocence at this time,” Bornfreund said. “Obviously the death of a 14-year-old is tragic … But I have no information whatsoever as to their relationship, if any.”Mahabir was arrested in Mississauga at what Bornfreund believed is his girlfriend’s house. He said it appeared police had taken some of his clothes to gather potential evidence.For Mahabir’s family, the lawyer said the murder charge is “overwhelming.”Driver-Martin’s death, the 25th in Peel in ...
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