The man who is accused of stabbing his friend at a West Coast Berbice (WCB), Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) bar was remanded when he appeared at the Weldaad Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Twenty-six-year-old Nascio Allen, a labourer of Lot 14 Golden Fleece Village, WCB, was not required to plea to the indictable charge which states that on December 19, at Paradise Village, he murdered Dwayne Byass.
Both the accused and victim resided in the same village. Allen was unrepresented when he appeared in court. Presiding Magistrate Peter Hugh remanded the accused until January 5, 2024.
It had been reported that Byass, who attended school with Allen, had an altercation with him during which he was stabbed.
Murder accused: Nascio Allen
Police had reported that the two men were at a shop playing dominoes when an argument erupted between them and quickly escalated into a fight during which Allen pulled out a knife and stabbed Byass in his abdomen. After committing the act, he escaped from the scene.
Byass reportedly collapsed in the shop and was picked up by his cousin, who rushed him to the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
According to the Police, Allen, called “Buck Boy” subsequently turned up at the Weldaad Police Station where he reported that it was the now dead man who attacked him first with a piece of wood.
The Police at the time said Allen told them that it was Byass who ran into the knife he was holding in his hand at the time.
The area where the fatal stabbing occurred
It had also been reported that persons who were at the scene claimed that no game of domino was being played at the time of the incident.
Before Allen was placed before the court, this publication had reported that he arrived at the shop with a box of food which he was trying to share with those who were present. Further, as Allen approached Byass with the food, he collected it and threw it onto the ground, claiming that it was sour.
As a result, an argument broke out between the two men after Allen hurled derogatory words against the victim’s mother. An eyewitness also claimed that prior to Allen arriving at the shop, he was imbibing at a wedding house.
An autopsy conducted on the body of the victim gave the cause of death as shock and haemorrhaging due to a stab wound as well as a cut to the abdomen.
