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Statements given to duo charged with Eccles execution-style murder
One month after two men were charged with the execution-style killing of taxi driver Kelvin Walters, who was gunned down in front of his five-year-old daughter and wife at Eccles, East Bank Demerara,
Roderick Thomas
statements were yesterday served on the two murder accused.
It is alleged that Devon Allen, 31, of 148 Middle Road, La Penitence, and Roderick Thomas, 28, of 68 William Street, Kitty, on January 22 at Eccles Public Road, East Bank Demerara, murdered Kelvin Walters.
Yesterday when the matter was called in the courtroom of Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, Police Prosecution Neville Jeffers handed over statements to
Devon Allen
the accused.
Both men who are still nursing injuries to their left legs are currently on remand for the offence.
They are expected to make their next court appearance on March 26. Principal Magistrate Sherdel Marcus-Isaacs will be conducting the Preliminary Inquiry (PI).
According to reports, investigators believe that both men, who are nursing broken left legs, were injured when Walters rammed his car into their motorcycle just as they shot him.
Walters was gunned down at around 19:30 hrs on the day in question, while driving south along the eastern carriageway of the East Bank Demerara Public Road.
Police said that he was in the vicinity of Two Brothers Service Station at Eccles when two men, on a motorcycle, turned in front of his vehicle.
The pillion rider then whipped out a handgun and shot Walters in his face. Although wounded, Walters struck down the two individuals, who fled the scene on foot, leaving their motorcycle and a .9mm Taurus pistol, with 14 rounds, at the scene.
Walters was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The injuries that the men sustained were said to be consistent with that of a motor vehicle accident. CCTV footage reportedly showed an individual hopping north along the East Bank Public Road after the shooting.
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