After being detained on December 18, Ruel Ward, a 23-year-old labourer of Lot 143-150 Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was charged on Friday with murder.
William Montrose, 26, a miner and construction worker from Side Line Dam Victoria, ECD, was allegedly killed by him.
When Ward appeared before Magistrate Christel Lambert at the Vigilance Magistrates’ Courts, he was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge.
Bail was refused and he was remanded to prison until January 15, 2024.
Police said 24-year-old Youfie Eusi Bobb of 51 Victoria, ECD, and Montrose, were killed after a celebration in the village turned deadly on Sunday, December 17, 2023.
Dead: Youfie Eusi Bobb
Twenty-five-year-old Delex Skeete, a plumber, and 19-year-old Siani McFarlene, a mason, both from Victoria, ECD, sustained injuries during the brawl.
Reports are that the men were all at a construction party called “Bank On It” in the area when at about 03:15h on December 17, Bobb along with Skeete and McFarlene allegedly attacked Montrose and took his 30-pennyweight gold chain.
Police said that during the attack, Bobb along with the others dealt Montrose several stabs about his body. According to Police, Montrose then left and returned with a cutlass and dealt Bobb, McFarlene, and Skeete chops about their bodies, after which he escaped.
Bobb and the two others were escorted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, where Bobb was pronounced dead on arrival while the other two were admitted as patients.
Murder accused: Ruel Ward
The ranks then combed the area of the scene and discovered the body of Montrose in a trench about 500 feet north of the scene. His body was facing upwards.
The body was fished out of the trench and examined, and three wounds were seen on the forehead, one to the left side upper chest, and two to the right-side jaw.
Police said one black-handled knife was found tucked in his left side waist. The body was escorted to the Georgetown Public Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival.
According to eyewitnesses, while at the party, they saw a group of men walk up to Montrose, attack him, and rob him of his jewellery and other valuables. This allegedly led to a brawl between Montrose and the group of men, who all chopped and stabbed at each other. (G1)
