Suspect in Shane Rowley murder held

A man has been arrested over the murder of Sophia resident Shane Rowley who was stabbed last month.

In a press release issued yesterday police reported that the suspect is in police custody assisting with investigations. The man, police said, was arrested on Monday at Charlotte Street, Georgetown.

Rowley, of โ€˜Aโ€™ Field, Sophia, was allegedly fatally stabbed during an altercation with the suspect on January 22, 2011, at Sophia.

Shane Rowley

The 32-year-old man Stabroek News has learnt upon visiting the scene that day was stabbed twice by the suspect, who is his neighbour, following a dispute over a passageway. Rowley had been pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital.