East Ruimveldt ‘vendetta killing’… Labourer remanded on murder charge

Sep 11, 2015 News

Shawn Barrow, who is said to have been eating chicken at a Royal Castle outlet when Kellon Hinds, 23, of Phase Two, East Ruimveldt, was killed, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts slapped with a murder charge yesterday.
On August 31, last, at East Ruimveldt, Barrow, 23, of Lot 8 East LaPenitence, Georgetown allegedly murdered Hinds. Barrow, a labourer, who is currently before the court on a charge of discharging a loaded firearm, was remanded to prison after he was not required to plead to the indictable charge.
According to reports, Hinds was shot dead two Mondays ago, after gunmen walked up to him in a yard at East Ruimveldt and riddled him with bullets. Hinds, who had survived a previous attempt on his life, was shot in the throat, chest, abdomen, right shoulder and left hand. He died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Magistrate Ann McLennan adjourned the matter to October 2, after Police Prosecutor, Corporal Deniro Jones requested a short date to have the police file completed.
During his brief address, Jones informed the court that statements in the matter are still outstanding. He added that the file has to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice.
Attorney, George Thomas represented the accused. Thomas told the court that at the time of the shooting his client was eating chicken at a Royal Castle outlet, in South Ruimveldt.
Further, the attorney added when the trial starts, he intends to produce video footage to support his client’s whereabouts.
Thomas said that his client has found himself in an unfortunate predicament. Thomas informed the court that relatives of the deceased are alleging that his client killed Hinds. In addition, the attorney explained that Hinds’s relatives continue to make false accusations against his client.
The attorney told the Magistrate that Barrow is not a flight risk; he has been fully co-operating with the police investigation. He revealed that Barrow has a pending matter before the court.
Barrow was arrested on Monday as a suspect in the killing while he was appearing in court for the offence of discharging a loaded firearm. He was subsequently charged with Hinds’s murder.
Barrow is also on trial for allegedly shooting at David Pyle on June 23, last, with intent to maim, disfigure, disable or cause him actual bodily harm. He was granted $150,000 bail.
News reports indicate that Barrow was charged in March, 2014 for allegedly discharging a loaded firearm.

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