THE SUSPECTED perpetrators of the murder of 47-year-old Shawn Clarke, aka Short Man and Leprechaun, whose body parts were allegedly found along a trail in Mahdia, have been charged in connection with the crime.Alleged mastermind Shane McAlmont, 37, and his accomplice Marlon Joseph, 28, both miners of 111 Mile, Mahdia, Potaro, appeared last Monday before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, arraigned on separate charges.
McAlmont has been charged with allegedly committing the capital offence on Clarke between July 10 and July 22 at Salbora Road, Mahdia; and
Joseph has been charged with being an accessory to the murder and for aiding Mc Almont in its commission.

Both men were unrepresented by legal counsel, and both have been remanded until October 17, when they are scheduled to appear before the Mahdia magistrate.

According to Rachelle Clarke, her husband had been a miner with over 20 years’ experience and had been stationed at an area known as North Fork in the Mazaruni community. She
became worried after several days had passed without hearing from him via cellular phone, and she began enquiring about his whereabouts from some of his friends in the interior.

She was told that her husband was last seen alive with a man named “Marlon”, with whom he had left North Fork to walk to another backdam.

Police scouring an area between Mahdia and Konawaruk last week recovered bones that appeared to comprise half of a hand, two legs and shoulders which are believed to be Clarke’s body parts. Relatives appear convinced that the body parts are Clarke’s after viewing a boot and part of a trouser leg which were found with the remains.
DNA samples would, however, have to be taken from relatives in order to determine whether the body parts are Clarke’s.