Two teenagers implicated in the murder of a man last month during the course of an armed attack were both before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Tuesday to answer for the indictable offence.
Eighteen-year-old Stefon Howard and 19-year-old Shawn De Santos – both residents of Freeman Street, East La Penitence, Georgetown, where the murder occurred were not allowed to plead to the charge.
Remanded: 18-year-old Stefon Howard and 19-year-old Shawn De Santos
The charge stated that on September 24, 2017 at Lot 194 Freeman Street, they murdered 58-year-old Fazal Shaheed, a resident of Lot 18 Albion, Corentyne, Berbice.
Both accused who appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts unrepresented were remanded to prison until their next court appearance on October 19, 2017.
On the day of the tragedy around 00:45h, the now dead man and his two brothers – Talim Shaheed, 50, of Toronto, Canada and Shalim Shaheed, 53, of the United States who were also shot and injured – were preparing for their father’s memorial service.
Reports are that two masked men invaded the property via a door which was unlocked and attacked the three men, who were sitting in the living room of the Freeman Street house, taking their jewellery from their person.
The gunmen fired shots in the direction of the three victims before making good their escape.
The injured men were all rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital for treatment, but Fazal Shaheed succumbed while undergoing surgery.
The perpetrators were later picked up by Police and one reportedly confessed to the crime.
