Venezuelan nationals Oscar Alcides, 50, a miner of Eteringbang, Essequibo; Darvy DaCosta, 23, of El Dorado; and 19-year-old Guyanese, Pharel Prince Adelph of Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara, all appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with murder in the course of a robbery.
It was alleged that on March 14, 2024 at Eteringbang Landing, Cuyuni/Mazaruni they murdered shopkeeper Yang Lisong in the course of a robbery.
They were not required to plead to the charge. Lisong arrived in Guyana from Guizhou China, and resided in Eteringbang where he operated a supermarket with his wife, Wen Shuping, who was injured during the ordeal.
When ranks responded to the report of an attack at the supermarket and made checks, Lisong was discovered in one of the rooms lying against a wall, clad in a grey jersey and dark grey trousers. A wound about 13 cm in length was observed to his neck.
The magistrate remanded the trio to prison pending statements in the matter.
