Cutlass-wielding farmer arraigned for murder of Wiruni youth

Twenty-four-year-old Corrwin Walker, a farmer of Kimbia, Upper Berbice River, was on Monday arraigned for the murder of Selman King, who was chopped to death.

Walker appeared via Zoom at Linden Magistrate’s Court before Her Worship Wanda Fortune and was not required to plead to the indictable charge. As such, he was remanded to prison until October 24, 2022.
King, 22, of Wiruni, Upper Berbice River, was fatally chopped during an argument with the suspect. King’s cousin, Shane Osborne, 18, was also injured in the chopping incident. One of his hands was reportedly severed.
The incident occurred at Kimbia, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), two Mondays ago.

Reports are the cousins were at a wedding ceremony and after it ended, they were invited to a location by the suspect’s brother. There reportedly were no alcoholic beverages available at the wedding ceremony, however, they went to the other location and were imbibing.
Toshao of Wiruni, Denzel Hartman recalled that at about 04:30h on the day in question, he received a report stating that two residents from the village were injured in a chopping incident.
“One hand chop off clean and the next one get bad chop up,” he said.
According to the Toshao, when he arrived at the location there was a crowd at the waterfront and he was told that Osborne was sent to New Amsterdam while King was seen lying in a boat.
“I shook him and he was not responding and then myself and his cousin took him to Sand Hills to the health outpost to get first aid and then we would proceed to New Amsterdam but there was no one there at Sand Hills. So, we just switch the body into my boat and we proceeded to New Amsterdam.”
However, King was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.

The dead man’s father, Percy King, related that he saw two wounds on his son’s body. “My son get a big burst over his eye and a chop at the back of his neck.”
In addition, Councillor of Wiruni Village, Van West Osborne, who is the father of the injured man, explained that the cousins had been at the location when an argument erupted over the ownership of a cutlass.
The Councillor said he was told that his son and Walker got into an argument during which he was chopped twice – his left hand from the wrist was severed. According to the Councillor, it was after this that King intervened and he was chopped several times. After the chopping incident, the suspect fled the scene but was subsequently arrested and charged.