MOSES Singh of Sarah Johanna, East Bank Demerara (EBD) appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and was remanded for the capital offence which read that on August 20, 2016 at Pearl Village, he murdered Seon Clarke.

Two years after 26-year-old Clarke was killed by a licensed firearm holder in Pearl Village, East Bank Demerara, the police on Monday instituted the charge of murder upon the 59-year-old businessman.

Singh’s attorney Latchmi Rahamat disclosed to the court that her client had recently returned from the United States of America, after undergoing treatment for a health problem.

Rahamat pleaded with the Chief Magistrate for her client’s medical need to be attended while on remand for the indictable charge. Prosecutor, Inspector Gordon Mansfield disclosed that the file was completed, thus Singh was remanded to prison and the matter was adjourned until May 17 for report.

Clarke, 21, was shot dead by vigilantes while his friend was badly beaten because they were suspected to be bandits. Clarke had escaped from the police the said day while his accomplice took investigators to a location where they had concealed a gun. Reports were that the men were allegedly planning to rob a grocery store in Sarah Johanna, EBD, but their plan was smashed when the alert proprietor of the store noticed their suspicious movements and called out to a policeman who was passing on the road at the time.

However, around 22:30hrs on August 30, 2016, members of the community spotted the men on the Pearl Public Road and apprehended them, during which time it is alleged that one of the persons shot Clarke, while others inflicted a beating on his accomplice.