A miner was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with killing a man by stabbing him with a beer bottle after an argument.
Clinton Allen, 21, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, who read the charge to him at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
The charge alleged that between May 30th and May 31st, 2019, at Kamarang Landing, Mazaruni, Allen murdered Godrell Joseph.
Allen was not required to plead to the indictable charge.
According to Prosecutor Shellon Daniels, on the day in question, Allen and Joseph were consuming alcohol at a bar in Kamarang after which Allen left the bar and waited outside to once again confront Joseph. She noted that an argument ensued between the two men after Joseph left the bar and was confronted by Allen. As a result, Allen broke a Corona bottle and stabbed Joseph in his neck and head. His body was discovered on the road on May 31st, 2019.
Daniels also told the court that the murder was a result of a fight between the two men which occurred two years ago.
Allen was remanded to prison by the acting Chief Magistrate and the matter was transferred to the Kamarang Magistrate’s Court, where it will be heard on June 17th, 2019.
