ANTHONY King, a 25-year-old pork-knocker on Friday appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman charged for the gruesome murder of his brother-in-law whom he allegedly beheaded at a Section ‘C’ Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home.
King was not required to plead to the capital offence which alleged that on November 5, 2018, at Section ‘C’ Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD), he murdered Justin Peterkin, 39.

King showed no remorse as the charge was being read to him and was remanded to prison until November 23, when he will appear before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.
According to a police report Peterkin, an electrician and father of one who resides at Paradise Village, East Coast Demerara and King visited the Golden Grove property on Monday. Shortly after the occupants David King, a 51-year-old contractor, and his daughter Cassandra King, (father and sister of the suspect) left for work, an eye witness reportedly saw the alleged perpetrator chopping his in-law in the yard.

An alarm was raised and the suspect left the scene but was promptly arrested by the police, who were summoned. The body which bore multiple wounds to the neck, head and shoulder, was taken to the Lyken Funeral Home, where it is awaiting a post-mortem.
At the scene of the crime, a trail of blood at the entrance to the home greeted investigators. One neighbour told the Guyana Chronicle that the alleged perpetrator Anthony King, visited his father’s home on Sunday night. While at the home, it was said that Anthony bore a strong marijuana odour and was acting strangely, entering the bedrooms and peering under the beds.

However, his father monitored him as he slept over. The following morning, Justin Peterkin who is the father of Cassandra’s child, visited the home and commenced electrical work at a neighbour’s residence. The neighbour further explained that Cassandra, her two children and her father had left for work leaving Peterkin and Anthony King at the home.

Daniel Boutrin, a 20-year-old mason of Guyhoc Park said he visited the mother of his child and was cooking while his reputed wife was hanging clothes in the front yard. It was then he heard a sound coming from the neighbour’s yard.

Consequently, he looked into the neighbour’s yard and saw Anthony King inside the yard groaning loudly with a hammer in his hand. Minutes after, he saw Anthony King standing over Peterkin chopping away on his neck with the aid of a hammer.