Rape/murder accused stabs prison officer in stomach

Aug 08, 2016 News

A recruit prison officer was set to undergo surgery last night after being stabbed in the stomach

Prison Officer 3453 Kevin Patterson at the Georgetown Hospital.

by a prisoner who is on remand for the rape and murder of a woman.
Prison Officer 3453 Kevin Patterson, 22, of New Amsterdam, Berbice, was attached and stabbed with a length of sharpened wire by murder accused Paul Charles, 30, at around 14.30 hrs at the Lusignan Prison.
The attack reportedly occurred when Patterson and other staff were preparing to serve meals to the inmates.
The wounded officer is said to be in a stable condition awaiting surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Up to press time, Patterson was not experiencing internal bleeding.
His assailant also received injuries, reportedly while being subdued. He is also being treated at the GPHC.
Kaieteur News understands that Charles had alleged that Patterson had shot at him during the March 3 Georgetown Prison unrest, in which 17 inmates perished.
However, a prison officer made it clear that there is no possibility that Patterson could have shot at Charles, since Patterson is still undergoing training and would not have been issued with a firearm. Prison sources said that Charles has displayed erratic behaviour since his incarceration, though he has not been deemed mentally ill. He was one of a number of prisoners to be transferred from the Georgetown Prison to the Lusignan Prison, in a bid to ease overcrowding at the Camp Street penitentiary.
According to reports, the prisoner and the recruit had an altercation earlier in the day when Charles

Murder Accused:
Paul Charles

had refused to return to his cell.
Then, at around 14.30 hrs, Charles stabbed Patterson with the sharpened implement, when the recruit and other colleagues were preparing to give prisoners their meals.
Charles has been on remanded for the past seven years for the December 21, 2009 murder of 50-year-old boat operator Patricia Williams at Foulmouth, Essequibo River.
William’s partially nude body was discovered by residents in a clump of bushes close to a landing. A post mortem revealed that the woman was strangled and sexually assaulted. Investigations revealed that Williams had transported a group of men including Charles, from Bartica to Foulmouth.

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