Ex-soldier charged with beheading uncle

Dwayne Tappin

The former soldier who is accused of decapitating his 51-year-old uncle on Sunday in what he claimed was an act of self defence was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with murder.

Dwayne Tappin, 22,  of Lot 125 Better Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was charged with murdering Randolph Seenauth.

The unrepresented defendant was not required to plead to the charge when he appeared before Magistrate Alisha George in the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.