DAYS after Davonan Sookram’s decomposing body was discovered in the Ruby Backdam, East Bank Essequibo with two bullet wounds to the head, his alleged killer was brought before City Magistrate Fabayo Azore, but was not required to answer the indictable charge of murder.Thirty-year-old taxi driver Joel Brandon of Lot 3 Orangestein, East Bank Essequibo, who allegedly was the last person to see Sookram alive, was slapped with a charge alleging that between July 27 and 31, at Ruby Backdam, he murdered 37-year-old seaman Davonan Sookram.

Prosecutor Deniro Jones told the court that on July 27, at about 15:20 hours, Brandon had collected Sookram from his home in his taxi, and Sookram was never again seen alive.

Three days after, Sookram was reported missing by his wife, Zuleema Sookram, a teacher of Lot 7 Philadelphia, East Bank Essequibo. A search was launched, and on July 31, at around 16:00 hrs, the decomposing body of Sookram was found under a jamoon tree at Ruby, East Bank Essequibo, bearing a bullet wound to his forehead and another at the back of his head.

Jones further noted that Brandon had confessed to the murder of the seaman under caution of the police, and under advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the charge of murder has been proffered against Brandon.

The taxi driver was refused bail, and remanded until August 10, when he is scheduled to appear before City Magistrate Ann McLennan.