Accused in De Kinderen fatal chopping slapped with murder charge

Christian Carew, called ‘Chris Carew’, a 29-year-old pork knocker, has been charged with the murder of Lindsford Kenwayne Duguid, whom Police say was stabbed and chopped to death back in June at De Kinderen Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara (WCD).
Carew, of Lot 60 De Kinderen, WCD, was arrested last Tuesday and charged with murder on Wednesday. Arraigned before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court, he was not required to plead to the indictable charge, and has been remanded to prison. He will make his next court appearance on October 30, 2023.
It has previously been reported that the 34-year-old Duguid was killed on June 26 allegedly by three persons, who thereafter went into hiding.

Based on reports received, at about 22:00h on the day in question, Duguid had allegedly visited the De Kinderen location and asked for a 22-year-old female Venezuelan national. Police say Duguid was informed by the owner of the property that the woman was not at home. However, the landlord told investigators, hours later, at about 03:30h the following morning, he heard screaming, and upon checking, he saw Duguid pulling the woman by her hair, while another suspect held on to Duguid’s waist from the back.
The owner said he rushed to the area and saw Duguid and two of the suspects fighting in a drain. He said he saw one of the suspects with a knife in her hand stabbing at Duguid’s leg, while a male Venezuelan national was seen holding the deceased around his neck. Sometime later, the third suspect appeared with a cutlass in his hand, and began to chop Duguid about his body. One of the suspects was heard asking for a rope, and that was used to tie Duguid’s legs.

The Police were contacted, but by the time they arrived on scene, the suspects had already fled. Duguid was found lying in a drain with chop wounds to his left and right fingers and hand, while his right leg and chest had stab wounds. In addition, there were multiple chop wounds to his head, and a rope had been tied around his legs and neck.
One brown-handled knife, suspected to be one of the murder weapons, was found on the grass parapet about four feet from Duguid’s body; and upon searching the drain, Police recovered a Samsung cellphone and a pair of female running boots. A search of the De Kinderen yard revealed bloodstains leading from a yard pipe to the stairs.
Detectives also searched the house, during which one pair of camouflage pants and one white jersey soaked with mud were collected. Also, the remaining rope that formed a clothesline was collected as evidence.
While searching the location, Police said, they located a cutlass near a plastic barrel that contained water, along with a pair of long pants and one shirt with mud.