POLICE have charged a man with the September 5 Barama River murder of gold miner Regerton Simon.

Sherland Allick, 19, of Station Street, Matthews Ridge, North West District, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson Wednesday and was remanded to prison until November 3.

The accused told the Court he was threatened by two gunmen and forced to transport them to the place where they said they were going to rob and shoot Simon.

Allick said, on reaching the destination, he heard two gunshots and the shooters escaped after the shooting.

Another man, Malvin Edwards, 33, was also wounded in the attack on a mining dredge but he survived.
The case has been transferred to Matthews Ridge Court.