ONE week after Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard lieutenant Rondel Anthony Douglas was fatally shot during a robbery, his alleged killer, Joshua Parris called “Stewie”, was, on Thursday, remanded to prison for the murder.
Parris, a 25-year-old labourer of Sophia, Greater Georgetown appeared before Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

He was not required to plead to the capital offence which alleged that on June 8,2023 at Cul-de-Sac Street, North Ruimveldt, during the course or furtherance of a robbery, he murdered Douglas.
Parris was remanded to prison until a later date.
According to a police report, Douglas, a licensed firearm holder and resident of Bagotville, would usually use his motorcar, a Toyota Feilder wagon bearing registration # PZZ 703, to do part-time work as a taxi driver with Allading Taxi Service, which is located at La Grange, West Bank Demerara (WBD).

The owner of the taxi service told police that on the day in question, an identifiable male went to the taxi base and hired the victim to transport him.
According to a resident of Cul-de-Sac Street, at around 22:30 hours, he was at home when he heard a loud explosion suspected to be a gunshot which caused him to look out his window.
He reportedly saw a white Feilder Wagon motorcar heading out of the area at a fast rate of speed and a person lying on the ground, in a pool of blood.

Two wounds were visible on his chest and head.
The Guyana Chronicle was made to understand that Parris and another suspect, who is currently in police custody, allegedly confessed to being hired by a man to steal Parris’ car.