PAUL James, alias ‘Crack’, was yesterday charged for the murder of Hardat Kissoon in the furtherance of a robbery, which occurred on June 1 at University of Guyana Road.James a 34-year-old pork-knocker of 59 D’Uurban Street, Lodge was not required to plea to the charge.

Magistrate Ann McLennan, presiding over the matter, remanded James until October 26, and transferred the matter to the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court.
Over the last four months, the police were able to arrest Sherwin Trotman of Lot 45 Section D, South Turkeyen, and Kirk Clarke, 30, of Georgetown and place them before the court for Kissoon’s murder. Both were remanded and transferred to Sparendaam also.
According to the Police, at 14:35hrs on June 1, at Turkeyen Public Road, Kissoon, 42, was shot and killed. , Kissoon was travelling in a minibus when another man in the vehicle requested to get off. As the man was passing Kissoon, he pulled out a firearm, held the rice farmer at gunpoint and demanded a bag of money that he had in his possession.
During a struggle over the bag, Kissoon was shot in the chest while the perpetrator made good his escape with the bag of money.
Kissoon lay dead in the back seat of the minibus until his body was transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was officially pronounced dead on arrival.