Latest update February 10th, 2025 7:48 AM
Senior citizen remanded on murder charge
Murder accused, Donald Mopp
Donald Mopp, a 70-year-old man was yesterday placed before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine Beharry on an allegation of murder.
Mopp , of Tucville, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court charged with the murder of 33-year- old Winsel Robert Edwards. The charge read that on February 15 at Tucville, Georgetown, Mopp murdered Edwards. The elderly man was not required to plead to the indictable charge.
The prosecution stated that the accused and the deceased were known to each other, that on the day in question the two were consuming alcoholic beverages at “Stretchy’s Shop” in Tucville. The men were calling each other names and the accused became highly annoyed.
The teasing intensified and the accused left the shop. He returned some time later with a knife and stabbed the man in his chest.
Winsel Roger Edwards, also called “Buck” of 320 Self-Help Square, East Ruimveldt, was reportedly stabbed once in the vicinity of his heart. He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Edwards was employed at a bicycle repair shop up until the time of his death.
Newspaper reports stated that the elderly man walked up to Edwards, hugged him and stabbed him. Mopp was later taken into police custody. He will reappear in court on March 8 for his next court hearing.
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