TWO men were remanded to prison on Thursday last in connection with the murder of security guard, Paul Waterman, who was shot while on duty at a supermarket.
The accused persons are Kaden Bailey, a 24-year-old labourer of Crane, West Coast Demerara (WCD) and Saeed Alli, 25, a taxi driver from Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE).
They are jointly charged with the offence of murder in the course or furtherance of a robbery, contrary to section 100 (1)(c)(i) of the Criminal Law Offences Act. The accused appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul.

They were not required to enter a plea after the indictable charge was read to them. Both of them were remanded to prison and are required to return to court on June 10, 2024.
Waterman of Tuschen was fatally shot after putting up a fight with three bandits, who stormed the People Supermarket at Vreed-en-Hoop, WCD on May 12, 2024.
At the time of the incident, the three men, two of whom were armed with handguns, entered the supermarket and held Waterman, along with the proprietors, 49-year-old Ping Xian Lin and his wife, 43-year-old Li Yan Ohen, at gunpoint.

A scuffle later ensued between Waterman, who was working with Sheriff Security, and the robbers, during which one of them shot at him. The now-dead man was carrying a firearm.
The suspects then stole an undisclosed amount of cash, several Digicel and GTT phone cards, a cellphone, and a DVR.