Kenford Downer, the man who allegedly set his house on fire with his wife and two young children inside, was yesterday remanded after being charged with three counts of murder.
Thirty-six-year-old Downer, called ‘Tallman’, was yesterday present at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court and appeared virtually before Magistrate Crystal Lambert in the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court when he was read the three charges which state that on December 12, 2020 at #4 Miles Squatting Area, Bartica, Cuyuni/Mazaruni, he murdered his wife, Carolina Kennedy, 48, and two daughters; Marianna Downer, 5, and Gabriella Kennedy, 3, during the course or furtherance of an arson. Downer was not required to plead to the charges. The matter will be called again on January 27.
