DAYS after 22-year-old Richmond Noel was stabbed and killed near the Stabroek Market, a father and son were on Wednesday charged at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court with his murder.

Timothy McKenzie, 21 and his father, 55-year-old James McKenzie, both minibus operators and of Kitty, Georgetown, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for the capital offence.

Particulars of the charge are that on June 4 at Stabroek Market they murdered Noel.
Both men were represented by attorney-at-law Stanley Moore.

Police Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield disclosed to the court that the police file was still incomplete. The matter is adjourned until June 29 and the men were remanded to prison.
According to police reports, Noel and Timothy are known to each other.

However they had a misunderstanding after Timothy reportedly assaulted Noel’s sister.
On the day in question around 13:30 hrs in the vicinity of Cornhill Street, Stabroek, the two men had a heated confrontation in which Timothy armed with a knife approached the victim and reportedly dealt him a single stab to the left side of his chest.
Timothy, it is claimed, was given the knife to confront Noel.

The victim collapsed to the ground and was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in an unconscious state where he was examined by a doctor. Noel died while undergoing treatment for the wound.