THE chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions has advised the police to institute the charge of murder against 21- year-old Shelton George called ‘Boorie,’ who was arrested Wednesday last for the 2014 slaying of 48-year-old Debra Blackman called “Debbie”.

George is expected to attend court today. Police also said George is also expected to be charged with the attempted murder of former Magistrate and Attorney-at-Law, Mr Fazal Azeez, who was shot in April, 2015. Reports indicate that Azeez was shot to the abdomen by a lone gunman at Eccles, East Bank Demerara. The incident occurred around 11:55 hrs as Mr Azeez was in the area known as Eccles New Scheme. The gunman is said to have escaped on foot after discharging the round.

Blackman, 48, of Critchlow Circle, Tucville was shot and killed on August 23, 2014, in a Chinese Restaurant on Durban Street, Georgetown. The mother of five was killed while standing behind the counter of the restaurant where she had worked for some eleven years. The killer and an accomplice reportedly arrived and left on a CG motorcycle.

Police arrested George in his mother’s Better Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home. He has been wheelchair-bound, after he was shot in the back while in Suriname.

Police are also investigating George for the murder of Bernadette Campbell, who was shot in a minibus at Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD) in August, 2014. Campbell, 40, was sitting in the front seat of a mini bus when she was shot in her stomach at Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD). The shooter escaped with her jewellery. The bandit had approached the vehicle in a ‘hoodie’ and demanded the passengers exit the bus after which he discharged two rounds robbing some of the passengers before fleeing the scene.