A miner was on Tuesday arraigned for killing his co-worker and appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Charged and remanded for murder: Emric Joseph
Twenty-six-year-old Emric Joseph was not required to plead to the indictable offence when it was read by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.
Police stated that on February 26, 2020, at Lime Tree Road, Black Water Backdam North West District (NWD), he murdered Compton Benjamin of Durban Street, Georgetown.
It was reported that Joseph and Benjamin had an altercation over a quantity of stolen raw gold which he had earlier stashed in a cupboard they both shared.
Reports are the argument escalated into a fight and it was then that the suspect stabbed the 48-year-old miner in the region of his chest.
The now-dead man was rushed to the Bartica Regional Hospital where he succumbed to his injury whilst receiving medical attention.
No hesitations were made by the Chief Magistrate who remanded the murder accused to prison until March 12, 2020. The matter was transferred to the Bartica Magistrate’s Court, where Joseph will make his next court appearance.
