Man charged over torching of miner

Almost two years after the death of Kester Anderson, who died after being set on fire by a co-worker, the man who police say is responsible has been charged.

A confused Andrew Griffith, 29, yesterday stood before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in a Georgetown Court and was read the charge that he murdered Anderson between August 3rd and August 4th, 2014, at Barakat Backdam, Cuyuni River.

Anderson had been admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Burn Care Unit following an altercation with