A 22-year-old Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) employee was on Monday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on a charge of murder.

Nigel Thomas of James and Victoria streets, Albouystown appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was not required to plead to the indictable charge.

It is alleged that on December 30, 2019, at Guyhoc Park, Georgetown, he murdered Kyle Chase. Attorney-at-law Adrian Thompson who represented Thomas told the court that his client has no knowledge of the death. He stated that his client also received injuries to his head and was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for treatment.

Police Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield told the court that Thomas and Chase were known to each other since they were at separate time involved with a certain young lady.
Mansfield added that on the day in question around 23:00 hours Thomas and two other persons were at the time at the same young lady’s house and an argument erupted which led to a fight which later to Thomas sustaining injuries to his neck and other part of his body with a screwdriver.

He was picked up and rushed to the Davis Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The matter was reported an investigation was launched and Thomas was arrested and later charged. Magistrate McLennan after listening to the attorney and the prosecutor remanded Thomas to prison until January 28, 2020.