AFTER spending the last five years on remand, Marlon Garrett, on Wednesday, confessed to the 2016 fatal stabbing of a vagrant at Bourda Market, Georgetown.

Garrett was indicted for murder, but opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter, which was accepted by Justice Sandil Kissoon at the Demerara High Court.

He admitted that, on September 11, 2016, at Robb and Bourda streets, he unlawfully killed an unidentified man.

The matter has been adjourned until June 9, for the presentation of a probation report and sentencing.

The State was represented by prosecutors Taneisha Saygon, Abigail Gibbs and Mohammed Ali, while Garrett was represented by attorney-at-law Ravindra Mohabir.

According to reports, Garrett and the vagrant were involved in an argument when he (Garrett) whipped out a knife and stabbed him once to the lower region of his abdomen.

The victim was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation(GPHC). Garrett was later arrested and charged.

While the deceased is still to be identified by relatives to the police, persons in the market identified him as 34-year-old Omesh Chetram, formerly of Unity, East Coast Demerara.