Murder accused charged with escaping from Camp Street Prisons

Eddie Williams, the 18-year-old murder accused, who reportedly walked through the gates of the Georgetown Prisons on Camp Street on February 21, was on Tuesday brought before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton and remanded to prison on the charge of escaping from lawful custody.

Before he was remanded, the defendant, last known to be living at Lot 51 Fourth Street, Alberttown, Georgetown informed the magistrate that he wished to go to the Brickdam lockups instead of back to the Camp Street jail, but the magistrate promptly informed Williams that he was in no position to make any demands.

He was therefore remanded until May 30 for a further court appearance.

At the time when he reportedly escaped, the defendant had been on remand for the murder of Jermaine Jones. Williams reportedly committed the murder on November 30 at a Ruimzight, West Coast Demerara address that he shared with his aunt, who was the deceased’s girlfriend.