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Two arrested for harbouring Skinny
The police have arrested two men for allegedly harbouring notorious Agricola gang member, Jermaine ‘Skinny’ Charles, who escaped from the Sparendaam Police Station on Wednesday.
The men, Rawlwyn Evans and Shawn George, are suspected to have provided a haven for Charles, who is charged with multiple murders including those of five Kaieteur News pressmen.
Evans is the brother of murder accused Quincy Evans, who is charged with Skinny for a series of murders.
They are suspected to have kept him at their home at 111 Third Street Agricola, East Bank Demerara in the wake of his escape.
The suspects were questioned yesterday at CID headquarters, Eve Leary and subsequently taken to the Brickdam Police Station for further questioning and detention.
Unconfirmed reports state that Charles’s reputed wife was also arrested yesterday for questioning. Charles remains at large and investigations are ongoing.
Charles escaped through a hole in floor of the lockups some time between midday and 16:00 hours on Wednesday after appearing in the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court for the preliminary inquiry into the death of former Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh, his two siblings, Pulmattie Persaud and Rajpat Sawh, and security guard Curtis Robinson.
Charles and his accomplices, Dwight Da Silva and Quincy Evans, are charged with the murder of Kaieteur News pressmen Mark Mikoo, Chetram ‘Boyo’ Persaud, Richard Stewart, Eion Wegman and Shazim Mohamed at the Kaieteur News printery at Eccles, East Bank Demerara on August 8, 2006.
They reportedly pounced on the five pressmen at about 22:10hrs and allegedly shot each in the head before making good their escape. They were later arrested at a hotel on South Road.
Charles is also charged with the murders of Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh, his two siblings, Pulmattie Persaud and Rajpat Sawh, and security guard Curtis Robinson.
It is alleged that on April 22, Charles murdered the four persons at the Minister’s home at La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara.
The charge surprised many since the police had issued bulletins for several suspects for the murders and Charles was not one of them. Charles was adamant that he did not commit that murder. He had even cried on the day the charge was read to him.
Charles is also accused of murdering Bagotstown businessman Wordsworth Grey who was shot dead on the night of the Kaieteur News execution-style killings.
On that charge he is jointly charged with Delwyn Carrington, ‘Nasty Man’, Dwight Da Silva and Quincy Evans.
Charles and John are charged along with another accused, Devon Cambridge, who is now deceased, on a robbery under arms charge.
Charles and DaSilva are jointly charged with the murder of Bagotstown businessman, Barbot Paul.
He is also charged with the shooting to death of Guyana Defence Force private Gilford Henry.
Charles is also charged with the murder of 12-year-old Kevin Brown, who was shot while exiting a bathroom at his stepfather’s McDoom home.
It is alleged that two men shot Paul in his head, chest and right side on August 6, 2006.
Charles is further charged with the murder of 23-year-old Devon Charles, who was killed on January 23, 2005.
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