Carpenter Koabe Grant was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the murders of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal Daniel Fraser and his girlfriend Shanicka Forde, who were gunned down in Sophia.
Grant, 23, a carpenter of Sophia, was arraigned before Magistrate Roschelle Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, where he was charged with the murders.
It is alleged that he committed the crimes on September 1, at ‘B’ Field, Sophia.
Grant was remanded to prison and the matter was adjourned until September 30.
This newspaper previously reported that Fraser and Forde, who was visiting from Barbados, were gunned down at ‘B’ Field, Sophia around 11.30 pm.
The police had reported that the shooting occurred just after the couple left a shop at ‘C’ Field, Sophia. They were confronted by a male who approach-ed them from a northern direction on a bicycle and discharged six rounds at them, causing them to fall on the ground, the police said. The suspect then rode away in a western direction and made good his escape. Grant was later arrested by the police, who have said he confessed to carrying out the killings because Fraser had sexually assaulted one of his relatives.
Grant was also charged over a shooting that occurred at Meadow Brook Gardens. Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus read that charge to him when he appeared in Georgetown yesterday. It was alleged that on July 28, at Bamboo Drive, Meadow Brook Gardens, George-town, while in the company of another, he discharged a loaded firearm in the direction of Kenneth Reid. This matter was adjourned until October 11.
According to reports, Grant and Derwin Benons, 28, of Lot 298 Meadow Brook Drive, who was charged and remanded, allegedly rode up in front of Reid’s place as he was about to lock the gate to his Bamboo Drive, Meadow Brook Gardens home. At the time, Grant was reportedly the pillion rider of the motorcycle. Both he and his accomplice dismounted the motorcycle and allegedly discharged several rounds in Reid’s direction before escaping. Reid was not injured.
