GUYANA Defence Force rank Alistair Woolford, who was recently remanded to prison for attempted murder, was on Monday refused bail by Magistrate Ann McLennan on a manslaughter charge.
The accused was not required to plead to the indictable charge, which detailed that on November 21, at D’Andrade Street, Kitty, Georgetown, he unlawfully killed Devon Howell.
Police Prosecutor Dinero Jones informed the court that Howell, who had been hospitalised after the incident, subsequently succumbed to the injuries he had received.
Bail was refused, and the matter was transferred before Magistrate Judy Latchman for January 5, 2015.
On November 26 last, the accused made his appearance before Magistrate McLennan and was not required to plead to the indictable charge that, on November 21, at D’Andrade Street, Kitty, he discharged a loaded firearm with intent to murder Howell.
On Howell’s first appearance in court, Prosecutor Jones had said the victim was known to the accused and was still in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where he had been admitted on the day of the incident.
Howell’s attorney-at-law, Mr. Hugely Griffith, told the court that his client is 20 years old, is a private of the Guyana Defence Force, and resides at 100 Garnett Street, Kitty.