THE Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), on Monday, withdrew the charge laid against 28-year-old Kacey Heyliger for the murder of Kitty contractor, Peter Gonsalves.
Heyliger, a resident of Shell Road, Kitty, was on remand for more than two months.
He was first arraigned before the Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on December 12, 2020, and was not required to plead to the charge which alleged that on December 7, 2020, while in the company of another, at Garnett Street, Kitty, Georgetown, he murdered Gonsalves in the course or furtherance of a robbery.

Subsequently, on February 8, 2021, Daniel Paris, 25, of ‘D’ Field, Sophia, Turkeyen, was remanded by the Chief Magistrate for the same offence.
When the case was called on Monday before the Chief Magistrate, the court was informed that based on the advice of the DPP, the murder charge against Heyliger was withdrawn.
However, Parris remains on remand and will face a preliminary inquiry.
According reports, on the day in question, around 21:00hrs, Gonsalves, along with his co-worker, was at a bar located at

Garnett Street, Kitty, Georgetown, when Paris and his accomplice, who were both armed, opened fire in their direction.

After firing shots, the two assailants then escaped on Gonsalves’ XR motorcycle, CJ600. Gonsalves was hit several times and later succumbed to the gunshot injuries, while his co-worker escaped unharmed. Police subsequently collected CCTV footage from the bar and Paris was allegedly nabbed with the stolen motorcycle.
On August 30, 2019, Heyliger was freed at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for the murder of America Street ‘money-changer’ Shawn Nurse, known as “Fabulous”, who was gunned down in Georgetown in 2018.
However, his two co-accused, Kerwin Dos Santos, called “Buffy” and George Hope, called “Gregory”, both 25 years old, were committed to stand trial before a judge and jury at the next practical sitting of the Demerara Assizes.