MARC Angoy, 43, was remanded yesterday to the Camp Street Prison after he appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrates Court charged with the capital offence of murder.The man who was unrepresented by an attorney was not required to plead to the indictable charge which stated that on Sunday last he murdered 13-month-old Ariane Gill of Eastville Housing Scheme,Annandale, East Coast Demerara. He will make his next court appearance on December 28.
Angoy reportedly shot the child dead while she was being held by her 12-year-old aunt after he pointed a gun through the window of the home and opened fire indiscriminately.
The bullets struck the child and her aunt while the intended target, his estranged reputed wife, who had taken out a restraining order against him, was spared injury.
On Wednesday, one day after Angoy turned himself over to the police following release by the police of a wanted bulletin, he was accompanied back to the scene of the shooting by the police.
Subsequent to that visit, the police closed their investigation and sent the file to the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice and the capital charge was recommended.
On the day in question, the man opened fire at the house of the child’s grandmother who had earlier severed an abusive relationship with him.
The man said that he opened fire at the home because of the restraining order the woman had taken out against him after he had invested heavily in her, including selling marijuana in the interior to meet her needs.
During the attack, the child’s aunt was also shot and injured. However, the man reportedly told police investigators that he regretted hurting the baby since he never intended to kill the child.