The suspect in the stabbing death of 47-year-old Andre Wilson has been remanded to prison.
A police report yesterday stated that the suspect has been identified as 47-year-old Sherwyn Elias of Lot 373 Victoria Village. He appeared at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Orinthia Schmidt where the charge was read to him, and he was not required to enter a plea. He was remanded to prison.
Wilson was mortally wounded during a “false name” argument. The altercation occurred around 5 p.m. on October 24, at a shop in Victoria South. Wilson and friends were hanging out when the suspect, drove by. A friend, Clive Lawrence, called the driver by his nickname, “Dawg Wind, which angered the suspect. Lawrence quickly apologized, but Wilson questioned the suspect’s reaction, leading to a heated exchange. Others at the scene jokingly repeated the nickname, further intensifying the situation.
The suspect then allegedly retrieved a knife from his vehicle and stabbed Wilson in the abdomen before fleeing. Wilson’s friends rushed him to the Nabaclis Hospital, and he was later transferred to Georgetown Public Hospital, where he died from his injuries four days later. Wilson was described by his family as a loving and jovial man.
