Lawrence Wayne, who fatally shot a suspected bandit during a confrontation last August, was yesterday read a murder charge. Wayne, called ‘Bai Bai,’ appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court 1, where he was charged with murdering Dexter Lindo.
He was not required to plead to the charge and was remanded to prison until June 5. It is alleged that Wayne killed Lindo between August 23rd and August 24th, 2014, at Alberttown, Georgetown.
Lindo, according to police, had been one of two armed bandits who entered a stall at the Merriman Mall, Bourda. “Upon seeing the men, the female owner ran and raised an alarm and a licensed firearm holder responded,” a police statement on the shooting said.
Lindo was subsequently shot and he succumbed to his injuries the following morning while receiving treatment at Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital.
The charge was filed since last Wednesday and was scheduled to be read to Wayne but he was absent since he was out of the country.
During yesterday’s proceedings, his attorney Mark Waldron apologised to the court for Wayne’s absence on the last occasion. He noted that Wayne was arrested on Monday by the police at the Ogle International Airport after disembarking from a flight from Barbados.
