Osaffo Chester, a 22-year-old security officer of Lot 60 Friendship, East Coast Demerara was yesterday charged with the murder of Gerald Sobers, a guard.
Chester appeared at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Fabayo Azore where the charge was read to him. He was not required to plead and was remanded to prison. The matter was adjourned to September 26, 2023.
On August 3rd Chester turned himself in at the Cove and John Police Station in the company of his lawyer after a wanted bulletin was issued by police. On July 3rd it is alleged that Chester shot Sobers and as a result he was hospitalised in a critical condition and succumbed three weeks after.
