Swan man confesses to killing teenager during argument

– to be sentenced in January 2024

Twenty-five-year-old Rickland Bovell on Monday confessed to stabbing 18-year-old David Toney to death during an argument at Timehri, East Bank Demerara (EBD) back in 2019.
The cabbage farmer of Swan Village, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, appeared before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the Demerara High Court where the charge was read to him.
After listening to the charge, he opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.
Police stated that on April 19, 2019, at the Timehri Docks, he unlawfully killed Toney. Bovell will return to court on January 8, 2024, for sentencing.
It was reported that on the day in question, Toney of Alliance Road, Timehri, EBD, was fatally stabbed while his father and stepmother were injured during a brawl with a group of men at the Timehri Docks, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
Guyana Times had reported that the now dead teen and his stepmother, Judieth Hosea, intervened in a fight between his father, Mark Toney, and a group of men, who were reportedly drunk.
Hosea had related that the fight stemmed from an argument over who would pack their truck with cabbages. She said after the argument broke out, one of the men attacked her husband and a scuffle ensued.
It was then, Hosea added, that she and her now dead stepson intervened to make peace but they too were attacked by the group of drunk men.
The woman recalled feeling a sharp object inserted into her left shoulder followed by another on her left hip. She then retreated but saw the group of men hitting the teenager about his body.
According to Hosea, she did not know David Toney was being stabbed until he ran a short distance away from the attackers and collapsed. He was stabbed at least three times, twice to his abdomen and once to the chest.