CORWYN Arthur called ‘Cross Eye’ appeared at the Linden Magistrate’s Court on Monday charged with the murder of Claude DeJonge on May, 10, 2018.

The 32 year-old unemployed man of 1088 Cinderella City Amelia’s Ward, Linden, appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse. He was not required to plead and was remanded to prison until June 21. The charge is that he allegedly stabbed his ex-lover’s reputed husband to death at Amelia’s Ward, Linden. Following the incident Arthur escaped, but he was arrested on Thursday last in a house at Bennett Dam, Rosignol Village, West Bank Berbice.

DeJonge, a taxi driver of Lot 915 South Amelia’s Ward, Mackenzie, Linden, was reportedly murdered by Arthur at midnight on May 10, after the taxi driver asked him to leave his premises subsequent to an argument and the intervention of the police.

According to reports, the suspect subsequently left the home but texted the taxi driver telling him that he would make his life “a living hell” for calling the police. Later, as

DeJonge was sleeping with his reputed wife, the suspect armed with a knife gained entry through an open bedroom window and is said to have dealt DeJonge three stab wounds.
Tanya Samuels witnessed the horrific ordeal and alerted neighbours with her screams.