A miner was yesterday charged with the murder of Damion Williams, who was stabbed to death at Ithaki Backdam, Mazaruni River on Sunday.
Kevin Lindore, 27, of Two and Half Miles Bartica-Potaro Road, Essequibo River, appeared before Magistrate Esther Sam at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court, where the charge was read to him.
He was not required to plea to the indictable charge and was remanded to prison.
The matter will be called again on August 6 for the filing of statements.
On Sunday night, Williams, called ‘Wild Buck,’ of Paramakatoi Village, Region Eight, was stabbed to death after an argument over the treatment of a fellow worker at Ithaki Backdam.
The police, in a statement, revealed that the deceased and the suspect, who both worked together at a mining camp at Ithaki Backdam, had a disagreement over the way the suspect was treating a woman who is employed as a cook at the camp and it led to a fight between them. The statement added that the suspect pulled out a knife and dealt the victim a stab to his neck, causing him to become motionless.
The injured man was taken to the Bartica Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
