Sophia man tells Police accomplice killed 10-year-old boy

2 months later…

…confesses to planning robbery

Two months after 10-year-old Anthony Cort was killed by bandits during a home invasion in Sophia, Greater Georgetown, a 29-year-old mason of A Field Sophia has confessed to Police that he was involved in the murder and robbery.
Cort was killed on March 11 when gunmen invaded his neighbour’s house, which he was visiting at the time.
It was reported that two gunmen wearing face masks invaded the property belonging to a 44-year-old businesswoman, who is Cort’s aunt. At the time of the robbery, the 10-year-old was in the upper flat of the home in C Field Sophia in the company of others.

The bandits entered the lower flat and held the occupants at gunpoint. They relieved the victims of two cell phones valued $80,000 each; two gold bands valued $100,000, two gold rings valued $100,000, one gold chain valued $100,000, and $80,000.
According to Police, the bandits then ordered the victims into the upper flat of the house via a northern door. As they went into the upper flat, Anthony was about to exit a north-eastern bedroom when one of the bandits discharged a round, hitting the child in his left upper shoulder.
He later succumbed to his injuries.
Following the incident, a 16-year-old male was arrested and charged for the child’s murder. He was charged under Section 100 (1) (C) (i) of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act Chapter 8:01, and was later remanded to the Sophia Juvenile Holding Centre.
On Friday, ranks from the Leonora Police Station arrested another suspect called “Bullaboy”, at Tuschen, West Coast Demerara (WCD), and escorted him to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters, where he was placed into custody.
As investigators interrogated the suspect, he admitted that on March 11, the 16-year-old who is presently in the Juvenile Holding Centre went to his home and they devised a plan to rob Cort’s aunt.
In his confession statement, the 29-year-old told Police that the teen told him a relative is in a relationship with the businesswoman, and that she had millions of dollars and jewellery at the house.
The suspect also told Police that the teen then took three of his friends namely “Gully”, “Rodell” and “Mario”, and a black gun was supplied by “Gully” whom he claimed insisted that they use the gun for the robbery.
The suspect also admitted that the 16-year-old then planned that “Gully” would go into the shop to make a purchase as a decoy, whilst “Mario” and “Rodell” would be the lookouts.
He said that he and the 16-year-old then planned that they would go into the house and demand the valuables. According to the suspect, they all agreed to the plan, and at about 12:00h on March 11 each of them did as was planned. He added that he and teen then went to the shop, and the teen pointed the gun at three females who were in the shop.
He claimed that he was unarmed at the time. In addition, he confessed that he then relieved victims of their valuables, but claimed that the 16-year-old then went into the house, taking the females with him. According to his confession statement, the suspect said that when the teen went to the upper flat of the house, he heard a loud explosion which sounded like gunshot.
He claimed that after hearing this, he immediately ran into the upper flat and saw a young boy lying on the ground motionlessly and the teen suspect standing over him. He told Police that he ran out of the house, picked up his bicycle, which he stashed before the robbery, and rode away. Additionally, he said that the teen suspect later met him and the other accomplices and admitted to killing the child. He said they then parted the money and jewellery and the 16-year-old returned the gun to “Gully” before leaving.
He claimed that since the incident, he never saw the teen again, adding that he travelled to West Coast Demerara, where he stayed.
Following the interview, the suspect was escorted to the Brickdam Police Station where he remains in custody as Police continue their investigation. (G9)