AN unemployed man was on Thursday remanded to prison for the murder of 34-year-old Fareez Yassem of Belmonte, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD) on Monday.
Malcolm Brown, 30, of Belmonte, Mahaica was not required to plead to the charge, and was remanded until June 8, 2018 after appearing at the Mahaica Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Wanda Fortune.

Yassem, a father of three and a vendor of fruits and vegetables, was stabbed to death in his yard during a suspected robbery, two days before his birthday.
He reportedly received more than a dozen wounds about the body and was found lying in a drain by his wife and neighbours as he cried out for help.
It is alleged that Brown left behind his bicycle and slippers at the scene of the crime.
Reports state that the vendor was stabbed five times in the back with a sharp object, four times in the neck, twice in the jaw, and thrice in his left arm. He also sustained other lacerations about the body.

When he was discovered, he was wearing a pair of short grey pants, three gold rings, a gold band and gold chain, and one stud gold earring.

The Guyana Chronicle was told that around 02:00hrs on Monday, Yassem, who plies his trade on the Mahaicony Public Road, was awakened by a strange noise coming from a bond in the lower flat of his two-storey wooden house.
He decided to investigate and was confronted in the yard by the perpetrator, who attacked him with a sharp instrument.

His wife, who was awakened by the commotion, recalled hearing her husband repeatedly cry out, “Ow bhai, ow!” at which point she realised he was not in bed.
Rushing out of the house, she started to shout for him but got no answer. She then called out to her neighbour, and together they went in search of him. When they found him, Yassem was motionless in a drain in the yard.
She had told neighbours that it was unusual for her husband to venture outside during the wee hours of the morning.