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Oct 11, 2017 News
By Feona Morrison
Murder accused Errol Williams has pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter over a gang killing which resulted in the death of fireman Patrick Daly.
Williams, also known as ‘Short Man’, 34, pleaded guilty to unlawfully killing Daly on September 15, 2009 at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara when he appeared before Justice James Bovell-Drakes at the High Court in Georgetown yesterday.
Sentencing for Williams has been deferred until October 24, when a probation report will be presented to the court. Attorney-at-Law Maxwell McKay is representing Daly.
Meanwhile, Attorneys-at-Law Mandel Moore and Orinthia Schmidt presented the state’s case.
Prosecutor Moore said that around 05:00hrs on the day in question, Daly was in a toilet located in his yard at Lot 99 Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara where he was attacked by Williams and two other men.
Moore said that Williams and two other men, who all lived in the same yard, were armed with cutlasses and other weapons.
Prosecutor Moore disclosed that they wrenched open the door to the toilet and Daly ran out but was pursued by Williams and the others. The prosecutor added that Williams dealt Daly several chops about the body with a cutlass before making good his escape.
Williams was subsequently arrested in June 2015.
A post mortem examination performed on the remains of Daly revealed that he died from haemorrhage and shock due to multiple chop wounds.
It was reported that Daly and the men had a misunderstanding days prior to the killing.
Reports suggest that Daly was doused with a corrosive substance before being chopped.
In 2013 another man, Kurleigh Goodluck, was acquitted of Daly’s murder after the jury returned with unanimous not guilty verdicts.
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