Two brothers were on Friday arraigned for the murder of 18-year-old Keon Byass, who was stabbed to death on theDukestown Public Road in Corriverton, East Berbice.
Dead: Keon Byass
Charged are 21-year-old Rokeel Gordon and his 24-year-old brother Zeikeel Gordon, both labourers of Dukestown Corriverton, Berbice. They appeared before New Amsterdam Magistrate Renita Singh and were not required to plead to the indictment. They were remanded to prison, and will make their next court appearance on May 18. The matter has been transferred to the Springlands Magistrate’s Court.
It was reported that, on Easter Monday, Byass was standing on the Dukestown Public Road when the two brothers approached him on a motorcycle. They were each armed with a cutlass, which they allegedly used to chop the victim about his body.
Charged: Rokeel Gordon
The injured Byass was rushed to the Skeldon Public Hospital before being transferred to the New Public Amsterdam Public Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries the following day.
An autopsy conducted by Government Pathologist Dr Vivekanand Bridgemohan on the body of Byass gave the cause of death as shock and haemorrhage.
Charged: Zeikeel Gordon
The victim and suspects had had an ongoing feud, wherein during a previous altercation Byass almost had his hand severed.
The victim’s mother has told Guyana Times that had the Police done a better job on the previous reports, her son could have been alive today.
Relatives of both parties were at court on Friday.
