Kaden Bailey, a 24-year-old labourer of Crane, West Coast Demerara and Saeed Alli, a 25-year-old taxi driver from Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo have been charged with the murder of security guard Paul Waterman on March 11th at Vreed-en-Hoop.
In a statement today, the police said that Bailey was arrested on May 13th, 2024 and charged yesterday with murder in the course or furtherance of a robbery.
The accused appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul where the charge was read to him and he was not required to plead. Bailey was remanded to prison until June 10th, 2024.
Alli also faced the same charge. He appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court on May 16th before Magistrate Ally-Seepaul, where the charge was read to him and he was not required to plead. He was remanded to prison. The next court date is June 10th, 2024.
Waterman of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, had been employed by Sheriff Security Service. On the day in question, three men burst into the People’s Supermarket located at Lot ‘F’ New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara. Two of the bandits were armed with handguns and they held the guard and the proprietor, Ping Xian Lin, a 49-year-old, and his wife, Li Yan Ohen, a 43-year-old, at gunpoint. They robbed the trio and during the act, a scuffle occurred between the guard and one of the gunmen and a shot was fired. A wounded Waterman fell to the ground and was relieved of his firearm and cellphone.
The suspects proceeded to rob the supermarket and escaped by running north through Evergreen Street towards Best Village. Waterman was later pronounced dead.
At the time of the robbery, the supermarket was open for business and Waterman was armed with a .32 Taurus pistol with ten matching rounds of ammunition.
The proprietor and his wife were robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash, a quantity of Digicel and GTT phone cards, one cellphone and one digital video recorder (DVR).
