Deadly eviction row: Labourer charged with murder of GRA worker

A 45-year-old labourer has been charged with murder following the killing of his mother’s tenant, Dwayne Daniel Taitt, a 24-year-old law enforcement officer at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

Police filed the murder charge on Thursday against Rawle Lamaison of Durban Backlands Squatting Area, Georgetown, and the accused was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in that Georgetown Magistrate’s Court. He was not required to plead to the indictable charge, which stated that on June 12, at Middleton Street, Campbellville, Georgetown, he murdered Taitt, a father of two. The case continues on August 12.

Based on reports, the now dead man had been renting an apartment from Lamaison’s mother Jacklyn Lamaison, and he had been living therein with his reputed wife and two-year-old daughter for the past six months.
The landlady had reportedly ordered the family to leave the premises by July 14, 2021. However, at around 00:30h on June 12, the family was awakened by a loud banging on their door.
When Taitt opened the door, he was confronted by Rawle Lamaison, who was armed with a knife and shouting at him to “move out”. Police said Lamaison began attacking Taitt, causing him to run onto a street. Lamaison then pursued Taitt and stabbed him to the chest before fleeing.
The injured man was picked up by his reputed wife and a security guard, and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The suspect was subsequently arrested and charged.
Reports are that Taitt was awaiting a refund of his security deposit before vacating the premises.