MINIBUS tout Paul Junior Lynch was on Monday charged for fatally stabbing minibus conductor Morven Nurse during an argument over $120 and was later remanded to prison by Magistrate Ann McLennan.

Lynch, 27, of Lot 1276 Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara (ECD) appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for the capital offence of murder and was not required to enter a plea.

It is alleged that, on December 15, 2021, at the Route 44 bus park at Commerce Street, Georgetown, he murdered Nurse, 30, called “TuPac”, of Haslington, ECD.

He will make his next appearance in court on February 21, 2022.

According to reports, on the day in question, Nurse and Lynch were at the bus park when they became involved in an argument. According to the police, Lynch, who was first assaulted by Nurse, was armed with a brown-handled knife.

The duo began pelting empty beer bottles and bricks at each before Lynch allegedly stabbed Nurse with a knife to his left side chest.

Nurse ran a short distance before falling to the ground, while Lynch fled the scene in a minibus. The injured man was picked up and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where he was pronounced dead while undergoing surgery.

Persons at the bus park related that the men had an argument over $120 which led to a confrontation.

Shortly after, police released a wanted bulletin for Lynch; he later surrendered at the Brickdam Police Station in the company of his lawyer.