‘Picture Boy’ for trial over murder of Victoria brothers

Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs yesterday committed Seon `Picture Boy’ Collier who is accused of shooting two Victoria brothers to death to stand trial in the High Court.

This decision came at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court yesterday after five months of testimony from eleven witnesses who were led in evidence by Prosecutor Edmond Cooper.

Collier of 12 `A’ Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara, was charged last October with the murders of Ray Walcott and Carl Andrews. The incident occurred in Victoria.

The case against Collier was that on September 23, the brothers were onlookers at a game of dominoes when he rode up on a motorcycle and began chatting with the players.

It was reported that Collier might have been after Andrews for some time. According to reports, Andrews had been accused of stealing a .38 revolver belonging to either Collier or a relative of his some three months before.

Relatives of the dead men had told this newspaper that they were not aware of the allegations, noting that Collier and Andrews had been very close friends at one time.

They said they understood that there was a falling out between Andrews and Collier because of Andrews’s suspicion that Collier was involved in nefarious activities.

Following the shooting, Collier also called `John Gaudy’, fled but was captured during a Joint Services operation in the pre-dawn hours in a house at Bachelor’s Adventure, ECD.

Police had also said that one of the army’s stolen AK-47s was recovered at the same time as were other weapons and a large quantity of ammunition.

Collier showed no emotion throughout the preliminary inquiry or at the time the magistrate handed down her decision.