Written By George Barclay
CYON Collier, called ‘Picture Boy’, had his alleged confession to the Victoria Village double murder of two brothers in 2006 admitted in evidence at the Demerara Assizes yesterday.

This follows the voir dire (a trial within a trial) conducted by presiding Judge Navindra Singh, who ruled that the statement was freely and voluntarily given to Deputy Superintendent of Police Alwyn Wilson.
The giving of the statement was witnessed by Deputy Superintendent of Police Linden Lord.
‘Picture Boy’ has pleaded not guilty and is being represented by attorney-at-law Mr. Lyndon Amsterdam.
Prosecutrix, Mrs. Judith Gildharie-Mursalin is prosecuting for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The caution statement, dated 5th October, 2006 and given by the then 27-year old unemployed Collier of Lot 12 A Victoria, E. C.D. disclosed:
“About three months ago, ah bring a .38 gun from Suriname and a night me and ‘Alo’ de liming on de road and me gee he de .38 gun fuh hold and me left and go home.
“The next night me ask he if he get the thing and he said yes.
“Two nights after me reach he on the corner and me tell he must bring out the 38 and he said he ent get nothing fuh give me.
“Since then we get cold and me see he moving with his brother and cousin and when I am around them, they would throw hints like “nobody could try anything or else people going to dead.”
“Knowing that I cannot deal with all 3 of them I go and explained to Kussum what was going on between me and ‘Alo’ so that he can go and manners them for me but instead he gave me this AK rifle that the police find with me at the house this morning.
“I then stash the AK rifle and me see Fridge Man at Bareroot at the party. Me borrow he motor cycle, then me go pick up the AK rifle me get from Kussum and me go to Victoria.
“Me reach Alo and Sugar at the corner and me shoot them because they had threatened me and I feel they woulda kill me sometime. This is how it happen,”Collier told the police in a caution statement.
Earlier in the trial it was stated that two days later, Government Forensic Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh performed autopsies on both the bodies of the brothers Ray Walcott, called ‘Sugar’, and Carl Andrews, called ‘Alo’.
He found that Walcott had sustained seven gunshots from front to back and left to right and he gave the cause of death as multiple gunshot injuries, while Andrews sustained three bullet wounds and died as a result of perforation of the lung due to gunshot injuries.
When the session ended yesterday, the Deputy Superintendent of Police was under cross-examination by defence counsel. The hearing is continuing.