A 26-year-old North West District farmer who allegedly intervened in a fight and fatally stabbed a ‘peacemaker’ in the process appeared yesterday before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle and was remanded to prison.
Looking distant as he stood in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, Mark Thompson called Ishley of Kumaka, Mabaruma was not required to plead to the capital offence of murder.
It is alleged that on Sunday at White Water Village, North West District, Thompson murdered Romel Williams.
According to reports two men were involved in a fight over cigarettes and Williams who was standing nearby intervened and cuffed one of them. Thompson who was also standing nearby allegedly armed himself with a knife and stabbed Williams in his chest and on his hand. The police were called to the scene and Williams succumbed to his injuries before he reached the Mabaruma Hospital. Thompson was subsequently arrested and charged with murder.
Thompson who was unrepresented at yesterday’s hearing told the court that he plants ginger and cassava and is the father of two.
The matter will continue on February 19 at the Mabaruma Magistrate’s Court.
