The second man implicated in the murder of transgender woman, Shawn Anthony Simon was yesterday remanded to prison by acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty before whom he appeared virtually in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Shaggy Mohamed, 25, is accused along with Akeem Fraser, who was remanded on the same charge last week, of murdering Simon called `Coil Bottle’ on July 11th 2024 at South Road and King Street.
Mohamed was not required to plead to the indictable charge and he was remanded until August 12th 2024 for a report and statements.
Police had said that on July 11th Simon, along with a 26-year-old trans woman of West La Penitence Housing Scheme, Georgetown, were standing at the corner of King Street and South Road when a heavily-tinted silver-coloured Toyota Premio motorcar entered King Street from Croal Street, and several loud explosions suspected to be gunshots were heard coming from the direction of the car. Upon hearing gunfire, Simon, along with her friend, ran east on South Road but she later collapsed to the ground. The car, meanwhile, continued north on King Street and disappeared. She later died of gunshot wounds.
Mohamed was supposed to appear virtually last Friday but the court was unable to facilitate his appearance via Zoom due to issues with the internet connection at the Lusignan Prison.
