TWO miners were charged with the murder of Malik David, known as ‘Orin’ who was gunned down in front of his Lot 89 Laing Avenue, Georgetown home on August 01, 2016.

Howard Rambarose also known as ‘Spleen’, 24, of Meadow Bank, Georgetown and Jermaine Jeffords of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara were charged separately for the capital offence recently and placed on remand.

However, based on the advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Police Prosecutor Deniro Jones withdrew the charges and then charged them again jointly. They were further remanded to prison until March 7, 2017 and the matter was transferred before City Magistrate Judy Latchman.

Meanwhile, Negus Lamaizon of 51 D’Urban Street and Samuel McIntyre were also charged with the same offence and their Preliminary Inquiry is being held before Magistrate Dylon Bess. In December 2016, Rambarose was nabbed on Christmas Eve by police in Agricola, East Bank Demerara after returning from Suriname.

Jeffords, was arrested and placed before the Court after being on the run for over six months.

David, a taxi driver, was gunned down in front of his Lot 89 Laing Avenue, Georgetown home around 15:00hrs, in the presence of his reputed wife and other relatives. The 33-year-old was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital, shortly after one of five men came out of a car and pumped several bullets into him. Police recovered a number of 9mm bullet casings at the scene.

According to reports, David had several confrontations with an Agricola, East Bank Demerara (EBD) resident whom he had bailed out of jail some time last year. David and the individual were involved in a heated argument again, since the Agricola resident had refused to return the $150,000 David had paid to have him released.

After the argument, the Agricola resident went away, but later returned with four other men in two vehicles and executed the former murder accused.