Man charged with attempted murder of State House guard, discharging firearm at another

Bethel Chimezie (centre) was remanded to prison yesterday.

Bethel Chimezie was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with attempting to murder a police officer at State House and discharging a loaded firearm at another.

Chimezie, 25, a labourer of Lot 201 9th Street, Industry, East Coast Deme-rara appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court 1.

The first charge read that on December 15, 2022 at Carmichael Street, Georgetown, he unlawfully and maliciously wounded police Corporal Telon Perreira with intent to murder him.