Two men have been charged with the Christmas Eve murder of martial arts instructor and bodyguard Garfield Newton.
Both men appeared earlier today before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
The two men are: Darren Baley, called ‘Fifty’, 25, a weeder of 3091 Recht-Door-Zee, Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD) and Judah Vickery, called ‘Culture’, 24, a taxi driver of Bella Dam, Pouderoyen Squatting Area, WBD.
Newton, 36, of Lot 454 Mandela Avenue was shot in the left side of his chest during the robbery on Christmas Eve after visiting a goldsmith in Campbell Street, Albouystown, Georgetown.