A suspect in the murder of Neville Moonsammy, who was stabbed on December 24th, 2019, at Four Miles Port Kaituma, North West District, has been arrested and charged.
Jason Howard, a 20-year-old miner, made his appearance yesterday before Magistrate Dylon Bess via Zoom and the charge was read to him.Howard was not required to plead to the indictable charge and was remanded to prison until February 2nd, 2021, when a preliminary inquiry into the charge is scheduled to commence. On December 24th, 2019, Keon Hutson and the deceased, Moonsammy, had confronted a teen who was at the time speaking with Hutson’s girlfriend.
As a result of the confrontation, Hutson then took out a piece of wood and hit the teen about his body. The police said the teen then ran to a nearby shop and contacted his friend (Howard), who armed himself with a cutlass and together they returned to where Hutson and Moonsammy were. A fight ensued and the teen is alleged to have used a piece of a broken bottle to stab Hutson in his face, while Howard allegedly stabbed Moonsammy. They both then fled.
Hutson and Moonsammy were rushed to the Port Kaituma Community Hospital, from where they were transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital. Moonsammy subsequently succumbed to his injuries. The teen was later arrested and brought before the court and charged with unlawfully and maliciously wounding Hutson with intent to maim, disfigure or to cause grievous bodily harm.
He was remanded to the Juvenile Holding Centre until December 3rd, 2020, when he will return to court.
