THREE men were Friday last charged with murder after they admitted to killing a pork-knocker in the mining community of Kurupung, Region Seven.The men, Charles Griffith, Noel Rodriques and Clint Joseph appeared before Magistrate Delon Bess at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court, where they were not required to plead to the charge of murder which was read to them.

They were remanded to prison.

The wanted men were recently caught in connection with the murder of pork-knocker Shawn McDonald, whose bound and battered body was found in a metal container at Kurupung on June 18, 2016.

Police said the suspects admitted to the crime.

McDonald resided at Amelia’s Ward, Linden and had worked in the interior for several years.

The last two suspects were held last Monday. One was captured at Kurupung Mountain Foot. The first suspect was arrested Sunday last at an area known as Pappy Show Landing, some three miles from the area where Mc Donald was slain.

They were all taken to the Bartica Police Station Tuesday.

A post-mortem showed that McDonald sustained multiple injuries, including wounds to the head, a broken shoulder and a deep cut to the mouth that reportedly caused him to suffocate on his own blood.

The killing may have been triggered by complaints that a woman made that McDonald had tried to sexually assault her and had cut down two hammocks near a camp.

Police were also told that McDonald was seen drinking and brandishing a cutlass at individuals at Kurupung and was last seen alive heading towards his camp.
Additionally, the police were told that three men were later seen putting the pork-knocker in a metal container. Around 06.00 hrs on June 20, a woman went to McDonald’s camp to check on him and found him in the metal container with his feet bound together.