Sophia youth slapped with second murder charge
Travis Evans
Travis Evans

After months of investigations into the Timehri murder of a legal clerk, a prime suspect, Travis Evan was on Wednesday remanded to prison for the crime after he appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman.

Evan 24, of ‘C’ Field, Sophia, Georgetown, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was not required to plea to the indictable charge. Evans is already on remand for another murder and was one of three prisoners who recently escaped from the Lusignan Prison. He was recaptured days after.

The particulars of the charge state that between July 31 & August 2, 2018, at Kuru Kururu Linden Highway, East Bank Demerara (EBD), he murdered Gregory Wayne Frank in the company of others during the course of a robbery.

The accused was represented by attorney, Dexter Todd. Evan was remanded to prison and is expected to make his next appearance on November 27, 2018.

According to reports Frank, 46, a legal clerk of Lot 686 Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, was found dead in a pool of blood in his home on August and it is suspected that he may have been killed during a burglary.

An autopsy revealed that Frank died from asphyxiation due to a compression injury to the neck, compounded by blunt trauma to the head. The police had said Frank’s body, “with a swollen forehead,” was discovered around 4.30 am in the living room of his home.

The statement had noted that the rear door to Frank’s home was found ajar and the entire house was ransacked. Valuables were also reported missing from the house.

On August 20, 2018, Evans was also charged with the murder of his friend after he appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, It is alleged that Evans on August 2, 2018, at ‘C’ Field, Sophia shot and killed 21-year-old Ronsley Clarke of Fire Station Road, Timehri. during an argument.

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