Trio remanded over Essequibo newspaper vendor’s murder

Shawn Mannilall

Three men have been charged with the murder of newspaper vendor Shawn Mannilall, who was fatally shot on Friday night after armed bandits invaded his Essequibo Coast home.

Carlton and Carl Carter, who are brothers, along with their friend Delhoya McKenzie, appeared yesterday before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, charged with the capital offence. 

The trio was not required to plead to the murder charge which alleged that on January 10, 2020, at Queenstown, Essequibo, they murdered Shawn Mannilall known as ‘Paper Man’, during the course or furtherance of a robbery.