THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD Lexroy Garraway, called “Bam-Bam”, on Tuesday, pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing his drinking buddy in 2019.

Garraway of Enterprise, Lower Pomeroon, appeared before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the Suddie High Court for the capital offence of murder. However, he opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.

He admitted that, on May 23, 2019, at Takutu Landing, Puruni Road, Mazaruni River, he unlawfully killed Erick Nurse, called “Black-Boy”.

Justice Barlow adjourned the matter until March 8, 2022, for a probation report on Garraway.

The State was represented by prosecutor Tiffini Lyken while Garraway was represented by attorney-at-law Latchmi Dindayal.

According to the reports, on the day in question, Garraway and Nurse were drinking at Joanna’s shop at Takutu Landing.

Garraway then went into the living quarters of one of the shop’s female employees and hid.When the startled shop assistant discovered him there, she raised an alarm. Nurse came to her rescue and pulled Garraway out of the living quarters.

The two friends then had an argument which resulted in a physical altercation. During the melee, Garraway pulled out a knife and stabbed Nurse several times.

Nurse was rushed to the Bartica Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Garraway was later arrested and confessed to stabbing Nurse in self-defence.