Teen ‘confesses’ to killing uncle

Apr 04, 2012 News

– claims victim struck him with bottle

A 15-year-old boy who allegedly killed his uncle, Michael Williams, has reportedly admitted to committing the act but claimed that he retaliated after being struck.
Kaieteur News understands that the teen, who was captured on Sunday, told police that he chopped Williams after the man pelted him with a bottle.
Police sources said that he provided no reason for the altercation.
The teen had gone into hiding after allegedly killing the 50-year-old man at Kariako Backdam, North West District last Friday. He was nabbed on Sunday at Kokerite Mission, a community some 40 miles from the area where the murder occurred.
A source said that after killing Williams, the teen fled the area in a stolen canoe and paddled to Kokerite.
He reportedly told a villager that he lived at Mainstay, and persuaded the man to take him there by speedboat.
But during the trip the villager became suspicious after the teen repeatedly kept hiding near the bow.
The lad refused to assist when the vessel became stuck on a sandbank. The boat owner stopped at Kokerite Mission and alerted other villagers. They then tied up the youth and alerted the police.
He was reportedly armed with a cutlass and with a bow and arrows. A source said he also had a leg of smoked wild meat, which he had stolen.
According to reports, Michael Williams and a friend were walking in Kariabo Backdam last Friday when Williams stopped to rest. The man’s nephew was seen walking on the trail with a cutlass over his shoulder. According to persons from the area, Williams and his nephew were seen arguing before the teen chopped his uncle, almost beheading him.
It is alleged that the teen calmly wiped off his bloodstained cutlass before walking away.

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