Eccles murder accused freed after PI
Deon Allen
Deon Allen

TWO murder accused, on Thursday, walked out of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court free men, after they were exonerated of the 2019 execution-style killing of Kelvin Walters.
Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus discharged Rodrick Thomas, 29, of William Street, Kitty and Devon Allen, 32, of Middle Road, La Penitence at the end of a Preliminary Inquiry (PI).
The men’s attorney, Dexter Todd, in a no-case submission, argued that there was no evidence linking his clients to the crime.

DEAD: Kelvin Walters

The magistrate subsequently accepted Todd’s submission, noting that there was insufficient evidence against the duo.
According to reports, on the day in question, Walters, 34, was travelling in his motor car along the East Bank Demerara road, heading south, when two men on a motorcycle pulled up alongside him.
There was an exchange of words and the men 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 motorcycle fell onto the roadway and the car rolled over it. The pillion rider got up and opened fire on Walters. According to eyewitnesses, he was shot to the mouth.
Walters lost control of the vehicle which slammed into the median. Henry also suffered injuries.

Rodrick Thomas

Police sources had said that the men fled the scene on foot, into a nearby village, leaving behind a 9MM pistol and 14 matching live rounds of ammunition.
Reports are that Walters might have been a key witness in grenade attack committed on the Kaieteur News in 2016. In that incident, the grenade failed to explode.

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