…Teacher, taxi driver charged with murder
…Mother breaks down in court room as charges read

MUSIC teacher, Lennox Wayne also known as “2 colors” of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara and Melroy Davis of Bent Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown yesterday both appeared before Magistrate Zameena Ali in the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court where the charge of murdering Lusignan hairdresser, Ashmini Hariram on July 10, 2014 on the Lusignan Railway Embankment was read to them.

The two men were not allowed to plead to the indictable charge which states that Lennox Wayne, the number one accused, along with Melroy Davis, the number two accused, committed the act which is a contradiction of the common-law and were remanded until October 3, 2014.
Wayne is said to be the triggerman while Davis is said to be the taxi driver who drove Wayne to the scene of the crime to commit the act. Following the act Davis transported Wayne back to the city while receiving the victim’s phone from Wayne which was handed over to one of the two persons who contracted the two to carry out the murderous act for a price tag of $2.5 million, which reportedly they are yet to receive.
As the charges were being read in court, Wayne appeared very relaxed with a grin on his face while taxi driver Davis appeared to be a bit more worried.
The mother of the dead teenager could not bear to hear the facts of the matter being read in court to the number one accused and broke down in tears. When the magistrate began reading the facts of the matter to Davis he attempted to speak to the magistrate but was cautioned that he had the right to remain silent if he chooses.
The magistrate told him that she would allow him to speak if he so desires but after the facts were read to him he changed his decision to engage the courts after being advised by a lawyer from the Legal Aid Clinic who was present in the courtroom.
Both Davis and Wayne were unrepresented in court yesterday and Davis attempted to retain the Legal Aid representative as his attorney to speak on his behalf.
Wayne told the court that he has two children and works as a drumming teacher at the Magic Fingers Drumming School. He was asked if he had ever been charged before and responded in the positive, telling the court that he was charged for robbery and was sentenced to jail in 2006.
Davis on the other hand was never charged before, has no children, works as a taxi driver and is not married. While being escorted to and from the courtroom, the young man hid his face from being photographed or videoed by reporters. The two accused were not wearing any handcuffs but had shackles on their feet, even as the police were on high alert.
The two men were reportedly contracted by the brother-in-law of the hairdresser and an accomplice who wanted her dead after they suspected that she had snitched on them and informed the police of a drug operation they were engaged in, causing the narcotics to be seized by law enforcement officers.
Following his court appearance yesterday morning, Wayne while leaving the courtroom cautioned Davis about implicating him in the murder of the woman. Prior to that while the two were in the docks inside the courtroom Wayne remarked to Davis “boy is just like that y’all does implicate people.”
He went on to threaten Davis that he would see what will happen if he should jeopardise his (Wayne’s) freedom.

(By Leroy Smith)