A youth with apparent mental health issues was yesterday charged in a city court with murdering Albouystown teen Christopher Mansfield, who was gunned down on Sunday as he was making his way to a football field at West La Penitence.
Shamar Harvey, 21, of Albouystown, stood before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, who read him a charge which alleged that on March 31st, at Albouystown, he murdered Mansfield.
Harvey was not required to plead to the capital offence.
Prior to the charge being read, the accused was distraught and kept shouting, “I ain kill nobody” through fits of tears.
Despite much effort from his relatives, the accused refused to stay quiet for even two minutes.
After the Chief Magistrate would have entered the courtroom and Harvey was asked to stand so that the charge could be read, he pulled down his pants, leaving only his jersey to cover his lower extremities.
At one point during the proceedings, the accused said, “Mi would neva kill mi friend!”
Police prosecutor Sanj Singh told the court that the file relating to the matter is incomplete and requested four weeks to finalise it.
The prosecutor’s request was granted and the accused was later remanded to prison until May 10th, when the matter is expected to be called again.
The fatal shooting of Mansfield, 18, of 66 Barr Street, Albouystown occurred sometime after 6 am last Sunday, in close proximity to Nonpareil Street, Albouystown.
Residents of the street related that the shooting occurred some distance away and Mansfield collapsed on the street. Residents said that it was at that point that they offered assistance.
Vanessa Mansfield, the aunt of the deceased, indicated that three gunshots were directed at her nephew but she was only able to observe a single gunshot wound in the region of his chest. The woman lamented that they were not in a position to examine the body for additional wounds.
