PRINCIPAL Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus is currently presiding over the paper committal proceeding into the 2013 murder of Hogg Street, Albouystown resident, Tolasicy Marshall, called ‘Tala.’

Muammar Jabbar also called Christopher Haynes, 32, of Number 41 Village, Berbice, is currently on remand for the indictment.
Particulars of the charge alleged that Jabbar, on August 20, 2013, at James Street, Albouystown, while being armed with a knife, murdered Marshall.
Jabbar is represented by attorney-at-law George Thomas, while the State is represented by police prosecutor Adduni Innis.

On Thursday, January 9, 2020, three police witnesses took to the stands and testified. The matter was adjourned until January 24, 2020

It is alleged that Marshall, of Hogg Street, Albouystown, had paid Jabbar a large sum of cash for him to make a gold chain. However, Jabbar did not fulfil the agreement.
The Guyana Chronicle was told back then that Marshall had gone to Jabbar, formerly of James Street, Albouystown, and collected a gold chain, but it weighed less than what he had paid for.

It is alleged that the man confronted Jabbar about the money owed, but that caused a dispute between them.

On August 20, 2013, Jabbar, who was armed with a knife, confronted Marshall and stabbed him twice to his chest. Jabbar then made good his escape, while Marshall was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where he died while receiving treatment.
According to reports, Jabbar was arrested by police in March 2019, under the name of Christopher Haynes, for the armed robbery committed on a 60-year-old cattle and rice farmer and his wife at the couple’s home in Corentyne, Berbice.

He was reportedly nabbed in an abandoned house at Number 72 Village, Corentyne and placed before the Albion Magistrate’s Court, Berbice and remanded.

It was while on remand that the true identity of the person known as Christopher Haynes began to unravel and the prison authorities discovered that he was Muammar Jabbar, who was wanted for murder. Police from the Major Crimes Unit were alerted and the wanted man was then questioned. He then, reportedly, confessed to the murder.