THIRTY-YEAR-OLD Orin Jules formerly of ‘D’ Field Sophia, on Tuesday, confessed to killing his younger brother during a brawl in 2016.

Jules appeared before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the Demerara High Court for murder, but opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.
Orin Jules admitted that on June 18, 2016, at ‘D’ Field Sophia, he murdered his younger brother, 23-year-old Dexter Jules.

He will return to court on November 19, 2019, for sentencing.
Orin Jules was previously charged with other criminal offences, including break and enter and larceny. He also has a history of threatening to kill his family members and was convicted before the same court for threatening to murder his mother and his siblings.
According to reports, on June 18, 2016, Orin and his younger brother were involved in a heated argument at their Sophia home. It is alleged that Orin picked up a knife and stabbed his brother several times in his chest. Dexter was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.

Orin was apprehended by public-spirited persons and was handed over to the police after they found him hiding in a clump of bushes nearby.

The Guyana Chronicle had earlier reported that Dexter Jules, who operated a shop when he was not mining in the interior, was conducting his day-to-day duties at his Sophia shop when his brother attempted to take something without asking.

“Orin de want something from de shop, but when Dexter stop he from coming in, he pull out a knife and stab him three times to his heart,” a relative said. Dexter leaves to mourn his six other siblings, wife and two children.