Security guard remanded for colleague’s fatal stabbing

Thirty-eight-year-old Julian Anthony Lindore, the security guard accused of fatally stabbing his colleague, Shawn Lovell, at the Guyana National Museum on North Road, Georgetown, has been remanded to prison.

Lindore appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, where the capital offence of murder was read to him. He was not required to enter a plea and was ordered to remain in custody until September 24, when the case will be recalled.
The charge arises from a violent confrontation that occurred on Saturday evening, around 19:00h at the museum. Lovell, 57, of Campbellville Housing Scheme, had completed his shift at 17:40h and was relieved by Lindore. However, shortly after leaving, he returned to the guard hut, reportedly to retrieve his cell phone, which he suspected Lindore of taking.
Police investigations revealed that a heated altercation broke out between the two men. During the exchange, Lindore allegedly armed himself with two knives taken from a haversack in the hut and launched a brutal attack on Lovell.
The victim sustained seven stab wounds: two to the back, one to the right shoulder, and four to the right hand. Though badly injured, he attempted to escape the hut but collapsed in a nearby concrete drain east of the museum compound. Emergency medical technicians were summoned, but Lovell was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force combed the guard hut, where they discovered three knives and one cutlass. Police said Lindore was immediately arrested at the scene. He was informed of the allegation, cautioned, and later provided investigators with a video- and audio-recorded confession.
According to family members, Lovell had only recently joined Atlas Security Service and was in his third week of employment at the time of his death. Prior to that, he had spent more than a decade employed with Sankar’s before deciding to take up new work in the private security sector.
His sudden and violent death has plunged his Campbellville family into mourning, compounded by the fact that it comes less than a year after the passing of their mother.
Police have confirmed that a post-mortem examination is scheduled for today to determine the exact cause of death. Meanwhile, Lindore remains in custody as the investigation and judicial process continue.