Captured wanted man to spend ‘Mash’ behind bars
John Wray
John Wray

AFTER being on the run from the police since 2017, a 29-year-old man was, on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, placed before the Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and remanded to prison for the charge of attempted murder.

John Wray, of North Ruimveldt, made his appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was not required to plead to the capital offence when it was read to him.

Particulars of the charge alleged that, on October 9, 2017, at Honey Camp, Mazaruni River, Wray, with intent to murder, wounded Devon Shepherd.
Police Prosecutor, Gordon Mansfield, objected to Wray being granted his pre-trial liberty, on the grounds that the defendant was a flight risk and was on the run since committing the crime.

Mansfield told the court that, on the day in question, there was a scuffle between Wray and Shepherd at a bar located at Honey Camp.

It is alleged that Wray armed himself with a cutlass and chopped Shepherd to the left side of his head and back. Shepherd was taken to the nearest hospital and, subsequently, was air-dashed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC.)

Mansfield told the court that Wray fled the jurisdiction while Shepherd was treated for a fractured skull and was later discharged.

However, Mansfield contended that, on February 16, 2019, while Shepherd was in Georgetown, he spotted Wray and alerted a nearby police patrol. Wray was arrested and charged.

The chief magistrate, after listening to the prosecutor’s statements, remanded Wray to prison, on the grounds that he was considered a flight risk. The matter was transferred to the Bartica Magistrate’s Court for February 25, 2019.

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