‘Picture Boy’ denies murdering Victoria brothers

Murder accused Cyon Collier, called ‘Picture Boy,’ yesterday denied killing two brothers at Victoria in 2006, saying he was out of the region when the murders took place.

Collier led his defence through an unsworn statement before Justice Diana Insanally in the High Court —a day after the no-case submission made by defence counsel Lyndon Amsterdam was overruled.

Justice Insanally had previously admitted a caution statement as well as the oral statements given by Collier, who is on trial for the murders of Ray Walcott, called ‘Sugar’, and his younger brother, Carl Andrews, called ‘Alo’, on September 23, 2006 at Victoria, East Coast Demerara.

Cyon Collier

Collier, in his caution statement, had confessed that he had shot the victims after he had given one of them a gun, which was never returned to him, to keep.

But Collier, who stood in the prisoners’ dock and gave his statement yesterday, told the court that he was innocent of the crimes

He stated that he was in Linden working in the month of September 2006 and only arrived at Bachelor’s Adven-ture, East Coast Demerara on October 4 of that year. Upon his arrival, he said he was told by his sister that the police were looking for him and she was looking for an attorney to represent him.

He also said that he never used an AK-47 or any other gun and did not own a motorbike or ever used one.

Ray Walcott

Collier also said that he was never at a domino game with Quacy Stuart, one of the witnesses in the trial. He said, “Your Honour, he (Quacy) is lying on me.”

The accused also told the court that he was never asked by the police where any gun was neither did he take them to any bedroom in Bachelor’s Adventure.

He also stated that the police beat him to find a paper he had no knowledge of and as a result of the beatings he had a swollen scrotum.

After Collier’s testimony, state prosecutor, Judith Gildharie-Mursalin proceeded to cross-examine the Camp Street Prison medex Sharin Cumbermack, who was brought as a witness by the defence. The medex told the court under cross-examination that there was no evidence of marks of violence in the medical record of Collier neither did he complain to her about a swollen scrotum.

Carl Andrews

Today the defence will call its final witness.