TWO teens, who allegedly bludgeoned well known Physician, Dr Colin Roach, to death in his Duke Street, Kingston office, made their first court appearance on Tuesday.

Hilton Oliver Junior Franklin, 19, of Best Village, West Coast Demerara (WCD) and Lenrick Mosai Byass,18, of Good Intent Village , WCD, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The accused were not required to plead to the capital offence which alleged that on November 2, at Duke Street in Georgetown, they murdered Dr. Roach during the furtherance or course of a robbery.

The teens were remanded to prison until November 30.

According to reports, Franklin was arrested last Friday in Berbice while attempting to escape through the ‘backtrack’ route to Suriname. Hours later, his co-accused was arrested in Georgetown.

The Guyana Chronicle had reported that Franklin, when arrested, told investigators that he was the person who inflicted the fatal injuries with a metal object that resulted in the damage to Dr. Roach’s face and skull. This killing reportedly occurred after a drinking session at the victim’s office.

He allegedly hit the doctor to the face and head multiple times. An autopsy confirmed that Dr. Roach died from multiple blunt trauma to the head. The doctor’s bloody body was found sprawled on the floor of his office by his employees.

Franklin was reportedly identified as the prime suspect after CCTV video recordings from nearby buildings captured him leaving the doctor’s International Medical Clinic.

Byass allegedly claimed that he helped Franklin to rob Roach after he was killed. They relieved him of two gold rings, US$600 and two cellular phones.

Police recovered the two rings and US$200 in Franklin’s possession while Byass was found with $42,000 in cash.

One day before their arrest, investigators recovered Dr. Roach’s Audi Q5 Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) with registration PXX 4000 at Schoonord, West Bank Demerara, which was stolen after he was killed.

The 49-year-old physician was one of two doctors authorised to conduct medical examinations in Guyana for US immigrant visas.