HIGH Court Judge Jo-Ann Barlow on Thursday accepted two guilty pleas from 24-year-old Ryan Albert, called ‘Murray’, for fatally stabbing a 19-year-old miner with a pair of scissors, and assaulting another man.

Albert, formerly of Yarakita, in the  North West District, was arraigned at the Demerara High Court, where he admitted that on March 29, 2016 he unlawfully killed 19-year-old Dalton Emanuel.

He also admitted assaulting one Mark Edwards, so as to cause him actual bodily harm on the same date and at the same Yakarita, NWD, where the murder occurred.

The matter has been adjourned until December 9 for presentation of the probation report and sentencing. The State is being represented by Prosecutor Latifah Elliot, while Attorney-at-Law Ravindra Mohabir is on record for the accused.

According to reports, on the day in question at around 22:00 hrs, Albert was involved in an argument with Emanuel at Yarakita. During the course of the argument, Albert not only stabbed Emanuel in the abdomen with a pair of scissors, but also turned the weapon on Edwards.

Emanuel was reportedly taken to the Mabaruma Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.