Miner charged for fatally stabbing drinking partner

A miner who allegedly stabbed his buddy to death during a drinking spree appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Thirty-two-year-old McNee Edwards of Waramadong Village in the Upper Mazaruni district of Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) was read a charge alleging that on September 15, at Waramadong Village, Upper Mazaruni, he murdered Dorian Brown.
Police Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield told the court that Edwards and Brown were imbibing on September 15 at a shop in Waramadong Village when an argument ensued, and Edwards pulled out a knife from the waist of his pants and stabbed Brown about his body. Brown was rushed to a medical facility in the community, but was pronounced dead on arrival. The matter was then reported, and Edwards was later arrested.
Prosecutor Mansfield informed the court that the accused had, in a caution statement, admitted that he stabbed Brown about the body during the argument.
The Chief Magistrate has remanded Edwards to prison, and the case has been set to continue on December 16 before the Kamarang Magistrate.