A security guard attached to the Shaveh Restaurant and Lounge along the Corentyne Public Road in Portuguese Quarters was yesterday remanded to prison after he allegedly beat a Corentyne man outside of the night club on Sunday evening.
Harold Simmons, 45, security guard, of Lot 116 Mibicuri South, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, Berbice appeared at the Whim Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Faith McGusty via Zoom where he was charged with the offence of murder committed on Kaioum Baksh, 34, of Lot 4 New Market Street, Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice.
An unrepresented Simmons, who was not required to plead to the indictable charge was remanded to prison and will return to court on August 8, for report.
Baksh, a seller, of Lot 4 New Market Street, Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, was reportedly beaten on Sunday around 10.30 pm.
Baksh’s mother, Devika Manick, 52, a market vendor of Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, had told Stabroek News that her son left home on Sunday morning to head to New Amsterdam to sell bird seeds.
She said he then returned around 7 pm and had a few drinks which he would normally do then collected a seine and headed out to the road where the night club is located.
According to the woman, later that evening she was informed that her son’s lifeless body was outside of the nightclub. “One girl call me and say Kaioum lay down on the road and like he dead.”
Rushing to the scene, she learnt from a neighbour who was present during the incident, that Baksh was intoxicated and behaving in a loud manner. “The girl (neighbour) say he been a talk to them and make monkey antics hard. Them does always lime together and drink and then the security guard come out and start beat him.”
