Teens to stand trial for killing Berbice man

Oct 03, 2018 Court Stories, News

City Magistrate Fabayo Azore ruled yesterday that there was sufficient evidence against two teenagers for them to stand trial at the High Court in Georgetown for the murder.

MURDERED: Fazal Shaheed

The duo is accused of the murder of 55-year-old Fazal Shaheed who was shot after bandits stormed a house at 194 Freeman Street, East LaPenitence, Georgetown.
Shawn Da Santos, 19, and Stephen Howard, 18, both of Freeman Street, Georgetown are accused of the September 24, 2017 murder of Shaheed which occurred during a robbery.
Their court appearance yesterday marked the conclusion of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) which was done at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Shaheed received about four gunshot wounds—one in the region of his heart.
Howard is the brother of Jason Howard, who is on remand for the murders of Mohamed Munir and his wife Bibi Jamila Munir. They were allegedly burnt to death by bandits in their Good Hope, East Bank Essequibo home in April 2016.
Shaheed of Lot 61 Cropper Street, Albion, Berbice was shot four times after gunmen stormed the home where he and other relatives were preparing a memorial service for their father to mark his first death anniversary.
Police said that three bandits gained entry to the concrete structure via the southern door which was left open and exited through the north western bedroom. Detectives recovered three spent shells and three bullets from the scene.

Stephen Howard and Shawn Da Santos

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