A TWENTY-FIVE-year-old Albouystown resident was, on Thursday, February 14, 2019, arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, for the murder of 34-year-old Kelvin Walters, who was shot and killed on January 22, 2019, during an alleged execution at Eccles, East Bank Demerara.

Devon Allen made his appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court with a fractured left leg, a condition which caused the matter to be heard in the Children’s Courtroom.
Allen was not required to plead to the charge which alleged that, on January 22, 2019, at Eccles Public Road, he murdered Walters.

The defendant was represented by attorney-at-law, Dexter Todd, who told the court that his client suffered from a fractured left leg along with serious head injuries.
Police Prosecutor, Neville Jeffers, informed the court that another accused, Rodrick Thomas, called “Roger”, was charged and remanded to prison the previous week for Walters’ murder.

The chief magistrate remanded Allen to prison until February 15, 2019. Allen and Thomas will be charged jointly for the indictment.

Both defendants had suffered from broken legs and were nabbed by the police while they were receiving treatment at a private city hospital. However, Allen’s injuries were said to be more serious.

According to reports, on the day in question, Walters was travelling in his motor car along the East Bank Demerara road, heading south, when two men on a motorcycle rode up alongside his car.

There was some form of exchange and the men then rode up in front of the car and blocked its path. At the time of the incident, Walters’ reputed wife, Roxanne Henry, and a five-year-old were in the vehicle.

Walters, according to information, drove his vehicle into the motorcycle, but the two men took evasive action.

The car rolled over the motorcycle, but the pillion rider got up and opened fire on Walters. He was shot to the mouth, according to eyewitnesses.
As a result, Walters lost control of the vehicle which then slammed into the median. Henry also suffered injuries.

Police sources said that the men then fled the scene on foot, into a nearby village, leaving behind a 9MM pistol and 14 matching live rounds of ammunition.

According to reports, Walters might have been a key witness in an on-going matter pertaining to a grenade attack on the Kaieteur News in 2016. In that incident, the grenade failed to explode.