TWO men were on Friday, August 30, 2019, committed to stand trial at the High Court for the murder of America Street ‘money-changer’ Shawn Nurse, known as ‘Fabulous’, who was gunned down in Georgetown in 2018, while their co-accused was discharged from the matter.

The ruling was handed down by Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Providence Magistrates’ Court, where the preliminary inquiry was conducted.

The men, Kerwin DosSantos called ‘Buffy’ and George Hope called ‘Gregory,’ both 25-years-old were committed after a prima facie case was made out against them, based upon the evidence presented by Police Prosecutor Shawn Gonsalves.

The duo are set to go on trial before a judge and jury at the next practical sitting of the Demerara Assizes.

Meanwhile, 26-year-old Kacey Heyliger of Shell Road, Kitty, was discharged from the matter due to insufficient evidence and thus he was freed.

According to reports, on February 4, 2018 at America Street, Nurse, 47, was shot in the head after he refused to comply with his robbers who demanded that he turned over whatever cash he had on him. Reports stated that, after Nurse was shot to his face, the robbers made good his escape.

The police were able to make the arrests after reviewing CCTV footage from surrounding buildings. During last year, Nurse was robbed but was later able to identify two of the persons who had allegedly committed the offence.