An Upper Berbice River logger was on Monday remanded to prison over the murder of Kevin Hercules, whose body was discovered floating downwards in the Berbice River last Tuesday.
Marlon La Rose, 26, a logger, of Maria Henrietta, Upper Berbice River, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in a city court, where he was read the charge of murder.
He is accused of murdering Kevin Hercules, 24, sometime between Sunday September, 12, and Monday September, 13 at Wiruni, Upper Demerara River.
La Rose was not required to enter a plea and was remanded to prison until October, 15, which is his next court date.
The Guyana Police Force had previously reported that the deceased was last seen drinking with friends at a shop after which he left in a boat in the Berbice River two Sundays ago. However, on Tuesday last his body was discovered floating in the river. “Upon arrival of the police the body was examined and it was discovered that the face was mutilated and what appears to be a wound was seen in the region of the neck,” the police report noted.
