A LICENSED firearm holder who last year shot and killed Dexter Lindo, an alleged bandit, was yesterday charged with murder.

Lindo, of Shell Road, Kitty, was shot in the abdomen.
Lawrence Wayne was not required to plead to the indictable offence which alleged that between August 23-24, 2014 at Georgetown, he murdered 26-year-old Lindo.
Police prosecutor Bharat Mangru stated that the defendant had managed to flee the jurisdiction.
He was, however, arrested yesterday morning at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport after arriving on a flight from Barbados. The man was remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry until June 5.
According to a police report, at approximately 13:15 hrs on August 23, 2014, two men armed with handguns entered the Wayne Beverage Paradise stall at Merriman’s Mall, Bourda, Georgetown. Upon seeing the men, the female owner ran and raised an alarm, and a licensed firearm holder responded.
It was further alleged that the two armed men entered a waiting motor vehicle driven by an accomplice, and were tracked by the licensed firearm holder in his vehicle and who subsequently saw the getaway car at Light and Fifth Streets, Alberttown.
Police say that the licensed firearm holder confronted a man who had exited the car and entered a shop in the area, during which the man pulled out a firearm and was shot to his abdomen by the licensed firearm holder. The man however managed to escape on foot, but the unlicensed .32 Beretta pistol with four rounds that he had in his possession was recovered and handed over to the police.
According to the police, the injured bandit was later found at a private hospital where he later succumbed.