Former presidential guard Malvin Taylor was earlier this month committed to stand trial in the High Court for the attempted murder of his wife and her sister.
Stabroek News was told that following a preliminary inquiry, acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on March 2 found that there was enough evidence for Taylor to be committed to stand trial. A charge against Taylor of discharging a loaded was withdrawn on the same day.
The allegation against him is that on January 26, 2011, at Quamina Street, Georgetown, the then 34-year-old Taylor, of 51 ‘D’ Field Sophia, attempted to murder Sharon Taylor and Michelle Richards by discharging a loaded firearm at them.
Reports are that Sharon and her sister Michelle were shot at close range as Taylor confronted Aubrey Smith, whom he believed was having a relationship with his wife. The police had said that Taylor fired a gun at Smith, who managed to escape. Taylor then reportedly turned his attention to his wife and her sister.
After being shot, the unconscious women, who were bleeding profusely, were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital. Taylor, meanwhile, allegedly drove away with the couple’s children but the car was recovered and the children were found at his relatives’ home at Dowding Street, Kitty.
Three bullets were removed Sharon’s body, including one from her left thigh, one from the groin area and one which passed close to one of her lungs. The woman’s intestines were also damaged as a result of the shooting.
Malvin Taylor turned himself in to the police in the company of a lawyer, shortly after police issued a wanted bulletin for him. He was charged and remanded before successfully securing his release on $600,000 bail from the High Court.
