Twenty-four-year-old Denzil Haynes was yesterday remanded to prison over the murder of a Sophia resident.
Haynes appeared before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was not required to plead to the indictable charge.
He was charged with the murder of 27-year-old Yardan Jacobs of Lot 5S North Sophia.
The matter will be called again on June 2nd, 2022.
On April 28th, a wanted bulletin was issued for Haynes. On May 3rd, Haynes surrendered at the Brickdam Police Station with his lawyer, Bernard DaSilva, proclaiming his innocence.
According to the Guyana Police Force, Jacobs succumbed to his injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital more than a week after the shooting.
Reports revealed that Jacobs was at the Tanary Area in North Sophia on April 16th, 2022, where he was reportedly liming with his friends and got involved in an argument with the suspect. Jacobs’s cousin, Steve Bacchus subsequently intervened.
Police said as a result, the suspect pulled a fire-arm from his pants and discharged several rounds in the cousins’ direction, they were both struck.
