Men charged for killing friend, dumping body in pit latrine

Two Region One (Barima-Waini) men were hauled before the court on Wednesday slapped with the capital offence of murder.
Leroy McKentire, 41, of Port Kaituma and Rayon Robert, 18, of Tassawini, North West District (NWD) are accused of killing their friend and dumping his body in a pit latrine at Tassawini. The duo appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus on Wednesday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. The charge stated that between May 17 and May 22, 2019, the men murdered 25-year-old Darvin David.
Police Prosecutor Shellon Daniels, in her submission to the court, related that on May 17, the two accused and David were at a shop in Tassawini consuming alcohol when an argument ensued.
The shop owner intervened and chased the men out of his shop and David left the shop in the company of McKentire and Roberts, but was not seen again, the Prosecutor said.
Villagers in the area launched a search for the missing man and he was found in a pit latrine with stab wounds to his neck.
McKentire and Roberts were arrested by the Police and allegedly confessed to stabbing David and dumping his body in the pit latrine.
Prosecutor Daniels told the court that the Police were currently on the hunt for a third suspect, who is involved in the murder. The men were remanded to prison, and the case was scheduled to continue on July 2, 2019.