Michael Corrica, a man wanted by police since 2007 for the murder of gold miner, Oswald Joris, was yesterday deported from France and is to be charged shortly.
According to police, the wanted man departed Guyana illegally sometime in 2007 through Port Moleson Creek and made his way to Suriname thence to French Guiana. Corrica stayed and worked there illegally for some years. He eventually departed for France where he was employed as a mason/labourer with a French construction company. While in the company of others, he was apprehended by French Police and a search was conducted on his person where he was found with a stolen cellular phone. He was arrested, taken into custody and later charged for the offence. Corrica appeared in court, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years imprisonment.
On June 21, 2023 he was released and placed in immigration custody and deported to Guyana where, upon arrival, he was detained. He is expected to appear in court shortly to answer to the murder charge.
In 2007, Joris was chopped to death during a row over a woman in the Papa Road, Arimu Backdam, Cuyuni River. A police investigation had revealed that Joris was a shop owner in the area. It was alleged that earlier in the day he had an argument with the suspect over a woman. Sometime later, Joris was in the company of the woman drinking rum when the suspect confronted him and chopped him with a cutlass about his body, then fled. Joris died before he could receive medical attention.
