Five remanded over fatal beating of West Berbice labourer

Five young men were yesterday remanded to prison over the murder of Bheim Evans of Number 11 Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB), who was fatally beaten on Saturday last.

The men: Brian Evans, 22, labourer of Lot 145 Number 12 Village, WCB; Ryan Dhanraj, 27, mason, of Lot 203 Bath Settlement, WCB; Samuel Vanbrook, 22, of Lot ‘B’ Bath Settlement, WCB; James David, 19, Lot 223 Number 10 Village, WCB and Leeward Chung, 21, labourer, Lot 318 Bath Settlement, WCB, appeared at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Peter Hugh.

The men are charged with murdering Evans on Saturday last at Waterloo, Bath Settlement.