Meadow Brook man arraigned on murder of sex worker

– 2nd suspect to make court appearance on Monday

Although police have instituted murder charges against two men for the execution-style killing of 28-year-old Simon Shawn Anthony, only one of those defendants appeared in court on Friday.
Thirty-one-year-old Akeem Gorgan Fraser, of Meadow Brook Gardens, Georgetown, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty to answer a charge detailing that on July 11, 2024, at South Road, Georgetown, he murdered Simon Shawn Anthony. He was not required to plead to the indictable charge.
His accomplice, 23-year-old Shaggy Mohamed of East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, is currently on remand for armed robbery. Guyana Times understands that both Fraser and Mohamed are expected to return to court on Monday to answer the joint charge of murder.

Mohamed has been charged with robbing Alison Suelock of US$400 and one shoulder bag valued at $10,000 on March 25, 2024 at Block ‘M’ Lamaha Springs, Georgetown.

RECAP
Simon Shawn Anthony, also called “Coil Bottle”, was gunned down at about 2:00h on July 11, 2024 at the corner of South Road and King Street, Georgetown by an occupant of a heavily tinted dark grey motor car.
At the time of the fatal shooting, the victim was in the company of other sex workers.

On Thursday, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told Guyana Times that seven of the spent shells found at the scene had matched those fired from a P80 9mm pistol, while another four had been fired from an Elite Britain 9mm pistol.
He added that during initial interrogation, one of the suspects told detectives that his accomplice was the lone shooter, but following the recovery of the two types of bullets at the crime scene, investigators are working on the theory that two persons might have been involved in the shooting incident.
In addition, another suspect, during interrogation, reportedly stated that before the killing, he took the two guns in a food box and handed them over to one of his accomplices at a popular bar along South Road.
The motive for the shooting is still unknown, but from all indications, the suspects might have known the victim.