Man charged over fatal stabbing of Better Hope engineer

A man was on Tuesday charged with manslaughter over the  stabbing death of an engineer at Better Hope and he was granted bail of $500,000.

Forty-year-old Stherlinga Gilkes of Victoria Road, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD), appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool where he was not required to plead to the indictable charge.

The charge against the accused states that on May 29th, 2022 in the vicinity of Zahora Street, Better Hope, ECD, he unlawfully killed Neil Rampersaud.