Sunil Cook, called “Tall Man”, a 21-year-old fisherman, was slapped with a murder charge on Tuesday and appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Alli-Seepaul at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court.
Remanded: Sunil Cook
The indictable charge was read to him and he was remanded to prison.
It was reported that Sunil stabbed his 20-year-old brother, Dave Cook, a fisherman from the Vergenoegen Squatting Area on the East Bank of Essequibo, on October 14 at about 22:50h.
According to a 38-year-old housewife in the Vergenoegen Squatting Area, she was amongst the victim and the suspect on the seawall at Vergenoegen, where, in her presence, the victim allegedly told the accused that he saw his girlfriend with another man in Parika.
The suspect became annoyed, and an argument ensued between the brothers.
The woman further stated that she saw the suspect take a swing at the victim’s lower abdomen, which caused the victim to fall to the ground. It was then she observed the suspect was holding a knife in his hand.
She then observed the victim bleeding profusely from his lower abdomen.
The suspect allegedly fled the area. An alarm was raised and the Police were summoned.
The victim was escorted to Leonora Cottage Hospital and later transferred to West Demerara Regional Hospital, where he was admitted as a patient in critical condition. He succumbed to his injures on October 15.
The case will continue on December 1.
