Latest update June 1st, 2026 12:37 AM
Lusignan prison escapee to stand trial for murder of homeless man
A mason who is currently serving a one-year prison sentence for escaping from the Lusignan Prison Holding area by digging his way out, was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder of a homeless man.
The homeless man is said to have prevented him and others from carrying out a robbery at Blue Martini, in Newtown, Georgetown.
Thirty-one-year-old Shawn Harris of 131 Pike Street, Kitty, Georgetown, was on trial before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Harris was not required to plead to the indictable charge which alleged that on February 5, last, at Owen Street, Kitty, he murdered Sunil Singh.
Shawn Harris
At the conclusion of the preliminary inquiry (PI) yesterday, Magistrate Azore ruled that there was sufficient evidence against Harris, for him to stand trial before a judge and jury.
Harris will go on trial at the next practicable sitting of the Demerara Assizes
He was represented throughout the trial by Attorney-at-Law Peter Fung-a-Fat.
According to reports, on the day in question around 02:45hrs, a police patrol went to the club to enforce the 02:00hrs curfew.
Shortly after, Singh, 41, reportedly observed Harris and two other men acting suspiciously outside the night club and alerted Charles Valenzuela – a bartender at the night club, who refused the suspected bandits entry by telling them the club was closed.
An argument ensued between the men, during which the bartender was stabbed.
Singh intervened and was struck to the head. An injured Singh then ran north into Owen Street, Kitty, a short distance away from the club, and was pursued by the suspect, who caught up with him and stabbed him several times.
A resident of Owen Street said that Singh collapsed in front of a house in the area and was transported to the hospital by public-spirited citizens. He reportedly did odd-jobs around the area.
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