Miner remanded for murder of Venezuelan national

Williams Andres Ugas Amudarain, a 23-year-old miner of Quartz Stone Backdam, a Cuyuni riverine community in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), has been arraigned before Bartica Magistrate Faith McGusty for the murder of Adrian Williams, a Venezuelan national, allegedly committed during a drunken row last week.
Amudarain was not required to plead to the indictable charge, which stated that on June 5, 2024, he murdered Adrian Williams at Quartz Stone Landing.
He has been remanded to prison, and will make his next court appearance on August 9, 2024.

Recap
It has been reported that the late Williams had been imbibing at a shop in the area with the accused and another Venezuelan. The shop owner told police that, on the day in question, he locked his shop at about 23:00h and retired to bed. At about 23:30h, he heard a loud noise, and upon investigating, he saw Williams and one of the Venezuelan nationals known as ‘Barber’ involved in a scuffle. They were eventually separated by onlookers.

The men left the area, and according to another resident, just after midnight, he heard a loud noise, and upon venturing outside, he saw the accused standing over Williams with a cutlass with which he was attempting to chop Williams further. However, he was deterred by onlookers, and later made his escape, leaving Williams in the middle of the walkway in a pool of blood.
Police ranks when informed visited the area, where they found the body of Williams on the ground, clad in short pants with no footwear or top. The ranks examined the body and observed several chop wounds to the right-side chin, throat, left-side head, and right shoulder. A small bottle of rum was found in Williams’s pants pocket.
Amudarain was later arrested and charged.