Sheldon Bowen and Leon Munroe, the two men charged with hacking fisheries worker Mark Solomon to death, were yesterday discharged at the end of a preliminary inquiry.
Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry who presided over the case at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, discharged Bowen and Munroe, saying that a prima facie case had not been made out against them.
Bowen, 36, of Water Street, Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara and Munroe, 29, were accused of the June 12, 2012 McDoom East Bank Demerara murder of Solomon. At the time of the murder, the