Two persons, including a 17-year-old boy, appeared in court on Monday on a joint charge for the capital offence of murder over the death of a handyman.
Dead: Wafad Wahab
Ronaldo Warnauth, a 21-year-old construction worker, and the teen, both of Phoenix Park Squatting Area, West Bank Demerara (WBD), were brought before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court.
They were not required to plead to the indictable charge which stated that on April 29 at New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara (WCD), they murdered Wafad Wahab, 45.
Murder accused: Ronaldo Warnauth
The two murder accused were remanded to prison and the case will continue on May 29.
Police Headquarters reported that Wahab, a handyman also known as “Ricky”, of Lot 6 Harlem, WCD, was reportedly attacked in the vicinity of Strikey’s Bar along New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop.
The man was allegedly attacked and beaten by three males and later succumbed to his injuries at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH).
Police said that Wahab was under the influence of alcohol when he visited his aunt in Vreed-en-Hoop on the evening of Saturday, April 29, but was urged to return home due to his drunken state. However, later that evening, the Police received a report that an injured man was lying on the street in Vreed-en-Hoop, and upon arriving at the scene, they observed the man covered in blood.
At the time, a Samsung cell phone and $1040 in cash were found in Wahab’s pocket.
He was picked up and taken to the hospital, where he died while receiving treatment.
An eyewitness subsequently told Police that Wahab was attacked and beaten by three men, who fled the scene on bicycles. (G1)
