Ex-soldier to face manslaughter trial over death of friend

Devon Howell

Allister Woolford, a former member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), who was charged with killing his friend, Devon Howell while they were allegedly playing with a gun late last year was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court.

The decision was made by Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court 3 after she ruled that a prima facie case had been made out against Woolford on the charge of manslaughter.

Stabroek News had previously reported that on November 21, 2014, Howell, 20, formerly of 87 Da Silva Street, Kitty and four other young men were in a house on D’Andrade Street where they were taking turns in “feeling the gun”. It was during this gun play that the