The 16-year-old who was accused of chopping a 70-year-old man to death at Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara appeared before Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool at the Leonora court on Tuesday.
The matter has been transferred to the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court and will be called again on September 5.
The court heard that on July 21 at 10:30 am the teen murdered Eustace Williams, called ‘Patrick’ and ‘Jacket.’ He was not required to plead to the indictable offence.
Reports are that Williams, a pensioner, sustained about 14 chop wounds, including five to the back of his head, three to his back and one to his foot.
His body was discovered in a pool of blood in the kitchen in the lower flat of his two-storey concrete house. The teen was captured shortly after among some thick bushes behind the house.
Neighbours were unaware that the chopping was taking place because of the noise from a ‘hiab’ truck that was parked in front of a building under construction opposite the scene.
The construction workers, although they heard no noise, became suspicious that something was amiss after they saw the boy, who was covered in blood, trying to scale the concrete fence to escape.
When he saw the men he jumped down and ran towards the back where he hid among the bushes.
The men alerted the neighbours, including an off-duty police corporal. The officer wrenched open the door using a hammer and made the gruesome discovery.
He then told everyone to step back because it was a “murder scene” and he reported the matter to the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station.
The boy had somehow, sustained a chop to his foot.
