Two persons were yesterday remanded to prison over the murder last month of Bartica businessman, Mohamed Zaheer Sheriff, at Arimu Backdam in Region Seven.
Teddy Thomas, a 44-year-old taxi driver of Itaballi Landing, and Paul James Derrick, a 20-year-old miner of Lot 20 Onderneeming Sandpit, Essequibo Coast, appeared at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate, Teriq Mohamed where the charges were read to them.
Thomas was charged with murder in the course of furthering a robbery, while Derrick was charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder.
