Licensed firearm holder facing murder charge over shooting of suspected bandit

A murder charge is to be read against Lawrence Wayne, called ‘Bai Bai,’ who is accused of fatally shooting a suspected bandit during a confrontation last August.

Wayne was called for yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday but he was absent and the court subsequently learned that he is in Barbados. As a result, the charge was not read.

It is alleged that between August 23rd and August 24th, 2014, at