A mason has been charged with the murder of taxi-driver Owayne Lynch, who was found dead at Mocha Arcadia, on the East Bank of Demerara last week.
Kwayana Fernandes, 48, of 475 Cemetery Road, Mocha Arcadia, was remanded to prison today after he was read the charge by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in Georgetown. The charge states that on August 6th, 2019, at Cemetery Road, Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara, he murdered Lynch.
Lynch, 42, of Stevedore Housing Scheme, had picked up a client at Sophia to be dropped off at Mocha Arcadia.
After Lynch’s body was found in a pool of blood with multiple wounds at Cemetery Road, persons who were around said he was heard arguing with his passenger about the payment for the drop. An icepick was also found at the crime scene. It was suspected that his passenger pulled out an ice pick and dealt Lynch several stabs about his body.
Fernandes is expected to return to the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court One on August 27th for a report on the case.
