The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the alleged murder of Paul Chase by his brother, 27-year-old Quincy Reynolds, began on Wednesday before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan with two persons testifying in that Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Reynolds has not been required to plead to the indictable charge, which alleges that he murdered his brother on June 5, 2021 at their mother Sharon Chase’s residence at Cummings Street, Bourda, Georgetown.
Dead: Paul Chase
Reynolds is on remand. It was reported that on the day in question, as per normal, the two brothers turned up at their mother’s house to have breakfast. However, while there, the woman reportedly questioned Reynolds about a burnt spot on a mattress. After he began arguing, his mother dropped the matter, but he refused to let the issue go.
As such, the woman called out to her husband, who told her to summon the Police. This angered Reynolds, and he began to shout at his mother in the living room. He then dealt her a cuff to her face, by which she sustained injuries to her left eye.
His brother Paul Chase, 24, confronted him, and a heated argument broke out between them, during which Reynolds armed himself with a knife and stabbed his sibling once to the neck and chest as they scuffled in the washroom.
The injured man collapsed to the ground, and was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Reynolds was arrested with bite marks on his neck, the Guyana Police Force has said in a statement.
