The trial of Rawle Bernard, who is accused of murder-ing a man at a barbecue on the West Coast of Berbice in 2017, began yesterday before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall at the High Court in Berbice with the testimony of five witnesses.
Bernard, also known as Charles Telford and ‘Red Man’ of Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara, is accused of murdering Sylvan Lennox Stoll, also known as ‘Bow Foot,’ of Plot ‘B’ Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, between August 13 and August 14, 2017. Stoll was fatally stabbed at the Number 42 Village Community Centre Ground.
State counsel Tuanna Hardy told the jury that the murder occurred after a group of persons travelled to Berbice to sport. Bernard, she said, was “misbehaving” when the fatal encounter occurred.
