Martin Blair, who allegedly stabbed and killed his brother-in-law, was charged and remanded for murder yesterday.
Blair, a 23-year-old mason, of Lot 578 Seventh Street, ‘D’ Field, Sophia, appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, where he was charged with the murder of Daniel Boutrin.
Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool read the charge to him and remanded him to prison until May 28. It is alleged that on March 15, at ‘D’ Field, Sophia, he murdered Boutrin.
A police report on the fatal altercation stated that on March 15, the two got into an argument over a bike, which Boutrin borrowed last year and subsequently lost. The police said the argument escalated and the accused allegedly armed himself with a cutlass while Boutrin armed himself with a knife. Police said the suspect’s parents intervened and asked Boutrin to leave. As he was about to enter a taxi, he was then confronted by the suspect, who allegedly stabbed him several times.
Boutrin was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he died two days later. The police then issued a wanted bulletin for Blair and stated that he was wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of Boutrin.
