Man accused of killing peacemaker during sibling row remanded

The North Ruimveldt, Georgetown man who allegedly stabbed and killed his friend who was attempting to make peace between him and his brother was on Tuesday arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Jermaine Abel, 26, of 316 North Ruimveldt, appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore for the murder of Hafeez Douglas, a mason of Lot 2981 North Ruimveldt.
The indictable charge against him stated that on November 8, 2017, at Christian Street, North Ruimveldt, he murdered Douglas.
The accused was represented by Attorney-at-Law Stanley Moore, who unsuccessfully petitioned for bail to be granted.
The Police Prosecutor told the court that the accused stabbed the now deceased man as he was attempting to intervene to stop a fight between him and his brother.
He revealed, however, that the weapon used in the murder has not been recovered.
Abel, a shop assistant, was remanded to prison and was scheduled to return to court today, before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.
On the day of Douglas’s demise, Abel and his brother called “Lappy” were involved in a heated argument, which quickly escalated into a scuffle. The now dead man who was friends with the two brothers intervened and was stabbed once to his chest after which he collapsed, hit his head on a concrete drain, and reportedly died on the spot.
After realising that the young mason was motionless, the two brothers attempted to escape, but the alleged stabber was held by the Police.