Rupununi farmer arraigned with 2014 murder

A North Rupununi, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) farmer was on Thursday remanded to prison for the murder of Debert Ovid Joseph in 2004.
Timothy Martin stood before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and was not required to plead to the indictable charge when it was read to him in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
The charge stated that Martin committed the heinous act on December 27, 2014 at Kurubaru, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni). No facts in relation to the murder were presented to the court. The accused is expected to make his next appearance on January 15 at the Mahdia Magistrate’s Court.