Son arraigned for murder of father

Twenty-year-old Yeison Hernandez of C Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown, has been charged and remanded to prison for the murder of his father, which took place on Father’s Day.
Hernandez, who is said to be mentally challenged, was arraigned before acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus on Friday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
He was not required to plead to the indictable charge which stated that on June 18, he murdered Eyone Hernandez, a 47-year-old labourer of Lot 509 C Field Sophia.
Guyana Times had previously reported that around 23:30h, Eyone Hernandez, who is a Venezuelan, and his son were involved in an argument.
Reports are that the two were arguing at home over food when Yeison armed himself with a knife and allegedly dealt his father a stab to the back of his left thigh.
An alarm was raised by the victim’s wife and when Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) from Alberttown Fire Service responded to the scene, the victim was pronounced dead. One stab wound was observed to the back of the now dead man’s left thigh.