Orwyn Peters, called “Ratty”, sat calmly on Tuesday as the court read an indictment to him which detailed that he murdered 35-year-old minibus driver Tedroy James on July 11, 2017 at McDoom, Greater Georgetown.
The accused has pleaded not guilty to the charge for the capital offence. He is currently on trial before Demerara High Court Judge Jo-Ann Barlow and a 12-member jury.
Dead: Tedroy James
It is alleged that he murdered James in the course or furtherance of a robbery.
The 29-year-old murder accused, a mechanic by trade, is being represented by lawyers from the law firm of Hughes, Fields, and Stoby. State Counsel Cicelia Corbin is one of the prosecutors.
Guyana Times had previously reported that James, also called “Six-Head”, of Suddie, Essequibo Coast, was shot in the back by one of three armed male bandits at around 11:30h.
Eyewitnesses revealed that one of the passengers picked up along the West Coast of Demerara was a bandit, and he was seen in constant communication with someone on his cellular phone during the journey.
According to an eyewitness, the suspicious man then requested to be put off at McDoom, and as he was about to exit the minibus, he grabbed a bag belonging to another passenger before brandishing a gun.
Murder accused Orwyn Peters
Just moments after this occurrence, two male accomplices pounced and attempted to rob the other passengers. The minibus driver had attempted to drive away with his passengers, and was shot once to the back by one of the robbers, who then escaped through a street in McDoom.
James, a father of two, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital. (G1)
