Seven weeks after Roger Simon appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with the slaying of 12 persons at Bartica, a second man has been charged with the murders.

Clebert Reece called ‘Chi-chi’ of Lot 63 Barr Street, Albouystown, a 30-year-old miner who works in the Cuyuni area, was not required to plead to the 12 indictable counts of murder.

Reece stood calmly before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday as she read the charge to him. He stared straight ahead with a blank expression……