DEATH ROW inmate and prison escapee, Mark Royden Durant, aka Royden Williams and Smallie, is expected to be charged this week following his recapture last week.

He is expected to be slapped with an escaping from lawful custody charge.

Durant was nabbed on the Weldaad, West Coast Berbice public road on October 9, last as he was travelling in a public mini bus heading east. It was three months after a deadly breakout by Durant and several dangerous prisoners when the Camp Street jai was razed.
And, just over a month ago, the notorious “Smallie” eluded cops who were hunting him and other escapees.
On that occasion, he and now dead, fellow escapee, Uree Varswyck, were cornered in a shack located a mere 15 houses away from the Linden Police Outpost, in Region 10. However, Varswyck was killed at that location during a gun battle with members of the armed forces. Williams managed to escape.

Varswyck, a former Tactical Services Unit trainer, when he met is death was dressed in a camouflage vest and a pair of military boots and had engaged the joint forces ranks in a shootout.
The Police had said that the joint forces received information that the two Camp Street Prison escapees were hiding out at Amelia’s Ward and as such, they responded.
When the ranks arrived at the scene, the fugitives immediately started shooting at them, causing the joint services ranks to return fire killing the 28-year-old Varswyck, a father of five.

Williams and Varswyck were among eight inmates who broke out of the Camp Street prison on July 9, last, after recruiting other prisoners to start a fire at several sections of the compound to serve as a distraction.
During their escape bid, Varswyck shot and killed prison officer, Odinga Wickham.
The ex-cop was considered to be the most dangerous of the escapees, for whom a $10M reward was posted.
He was charged for the December 2014 murder of Sterling Products Limited security guard, Wilfred Stewart, and the execution-style killing of GGMC engineer, Trevor Abrams in 2015.