A New Amsterdam (NA) man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with murder.
He is accused of slitting another man’s throat in a midday fight last Saturday.
Dexroy Olegton, 40, a labourer of Winkle Road, NA appeared at the NA Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Renita Singh where he was charged with the offence of murder committed on Jermaine Elias, also known as ‘Deportee,’ 39, of Number 43, Stanley-town, NA on July 16.
An unrepresented Oleg-ton was not required to enter a plea to the charge.
He was remanded to prison and will return to court on August 10 for statements.
Eyewitnesses had told Stabroek News that the accused, after slitting Elias’s throat, rode his bicycle to the NA Police Station, located nearby, and turned himself into custody.
One eyewitness, Kevin Chesney, 26, who was at a Superbet shop, located across from the spot where the fight occurred along Main Road, said Elias had been at the betting shop at the time and ended up in an argument with the accused, who was passing by on a bicycle.
Chesney said, another patron at the shop attempted to part the fight but Elias picked up a mop stick which he used to assault the accused.
According to the eyewitness, after Elias’ throat was slit, he fell to the ground and became unconscious. It was during this time that the other man rode to the station and turned himself over to the police.
