North Ruimveldt man to stand trial for murder of peacemaker

Jermaine Abel

Jermaine Abel, the North Ruimveldt man accused of fatally stabbing a peacemaker who attempted to stop a fight in his neighbourhood last November, was yesterday committed to stand trial.

The charge against Abel stated that he, on November 8, 2017, at Christiani Street, North Ruimveldt, murdered Hafeez Douglas.

Douglas, called ‘Gargon,’ of Lot 2981 North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, sustained a single stab wound to his chest and died on the spot after the altercation.