A Charlestown, Georgetown man was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared at the Wales Magistrate’s Court charged with the murder of Jason Munroe, whose charred remains were removed from a burned out house at 201 Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara early Monday morning.
Clifton Joseph called ‘Smiley’ stood before Magistrate Ann McLennan and was not required to plead to the indictable charge.
The unrepresented 30-year-old minibus conductor was refused bail and will return to court on November 27.
Meanwhile, Munroe’s relatives questioned why a second suspect fingered by survivor Zullina Callender had not been arrested.
It was about 01:00 hrs on Monday that neighbors heard what sounded like fighting followed by screams coming from the house. Soon afterwards they saw the house engulfed in flames and persons were seen running from the building.
Munroe who was at the time staying with his girlfriend Zullina, her 15-year-old sister Shontel and Zullina’s 3-year-old daughter, had been knocked unconscious during a fight with intruders and perished in the blaze.
Munroe will be laid to rest tomorrow, relatives said.
