Samuel McIntyre, the suspected driver of the getaway car used by the men who gunned down taxi driver Orin David last week Monday, was yesterday charged with his murder.
McIntyre appeared before Georgetown Magistrate Leron Daly and was read the charge that on August 1, 2016, at Georgetown, he murdered David.
Bail was refused by the magistrate and the matter was subsequently adjourned to September 8, when it will be heard by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.
Police have been searching for four other men, including Howard Rambharose and Romel Ross, for questioning in connection with David’s murder.
David, of Lot 89 Laing Avenue, was reportedly drinking alcohol with some friends and relatives near to his house when he was approached by two persons whom he knew. The three men engaged in a conversation away from the drinking and were later seen arguing over what was reported to have been money owed to David.
An eyewitness said the two men left and returned with others, while pointing out that when the two men returned, two vehicles and two motorcycles with men came with them.
“I don’t know if they came to fight a war or something but one of them had a big gun that he was hiding and I don’t know if they had other people in the car with guns too but when he see them coming he started walking back to them ’cause is nah like he expect them to shoot he,” the man related, while pointing out that after the man reached the middle of the road one of the two men pulled out a “big gun” and fired three shots, hitting David.
David, called ‘Plait Hair,’ along with Shawn Anthony Thom, had been charged with the murder of Lakeram Bishundial who was fatally shot during a robbery at Hope, East Coast Demerara, on August 21, 2010.
He was found not guilty of the murder in February last year.
