Two charged with Omai Backdam murder

THE SUSPECTED perpetrators of the murder of 46-year-old Carlos Wong, who was chopped to death at Omai Backdam, Essequibo River, have been charged in connection with the crime.
Dwayne Washington, 25 and Dorwayne Hollingsworth, 22, both miners from Phase One Wismar, Linden, appeared before City Magistrate, Fabayo Azore on Monday jointly charged with murder.

They were not required to plead to the capital offence of murder which alleged that on June, 9, 2017 at Omai Backdam, Essequibo River, they murdered Carlos Wong.
The defendants’ attorney, Dexter Todd, told the court that his clients did not murder Wong, since it is alleged that someone saw Wong stealing a pump and running out the camp and then plunging into the river.
Todd further pointed out that a few moments later the two accused came out from the said camp and were arrested, since they were the last persons to see Wong alive.
The magistrate, however, remanded the two men until July 18, 2017, and transferred the matter to the Mahdia Magistrate’s Court.

Carlos Wong, a miner of Half Mile Wismar, Linden, succumbed after he was chopped on the right hand at Omai Backdam, Essequibo River.
Wong and two men had a misunderstanding over a water pump, when one of the men, armed with a cutlass, chopped the miner on his right hand, resulting in his death.

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