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Second man charged with murder of GDF Coast Guard officer
Kaieteur News – Randy Wright was on Monday charged with the offence of murder in the course or furtherance of a robbery contrary to Section 100 (1) (c) (i) of the Criminal Law (Offences) Chapter 8:01 committed on Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard Rondel Douglas at Cul-de-Sac Street, North Ruimveldt on June 7, 2023.
Wright, 33, of Lot 13 Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD) was arrested on June 14, 2023. On Monday, he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court #1 before Acting Chief Magistrate Ms. Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus where the charge was read to him.
Randy Wright
He was not required to plea to the indictable charge and was remanded to prison. The matter was adjourned to July 14, 2023 for report and statements.
Wright is the second person charged with Douglas’ murder. Joshua Parris, the prime suspect was last week charged with the GDF officer’s murder. Like Wright, Parris was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge and was remanded to prison. His case was also adjourned to July 14, 2023 for reports and statements.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) had issued two wanted bulletins for Jamie Ghanie and Harold called ‘Stewie’ in relation to the murder of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lieutenant Rondel Anthony Douglas.
Douglas, 32, of Bagotsville, West Bank Demerara (WBD), who was attached to the GDF Coast Guard unit was shot and killed on the night of June 7 while trying to fight off two carjackers from stealing his car at North Ruimveldt, Georgetown. According to police, Douglas was shot dead around 22:30 hours at Cul-de-Sac Street, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
Security cameras mounted on nearby buildings showed Douglas turning around his white Fielder Wagon at the end of the Cul-de-Sac with a passenger seated in the front seat beside him. He backed up the car probably for the passenger to get off but a gunman emerged from the bushes and attacked Douglas in the driver’s seat. A scuffle ensued between them. Douglas managed to fight the gunman off and exited the car, pushing him back towards the bushes but as he struggled to do so, gunshots were heard.
GDF Coast Guard Officer, Rondel Douglas
Douglas was then seen retreating and staggered back to his car where he fell to the ground. The gunman immediately entered Douglas’ car and drove off with the passenger still seated inside. According to the video seen, occupants of a house ran out just in time to see the carjackers escaping with Douglas’ car.
One of them was heard saying, “Jesus Christ dem kill the man” while another added “a robbery, dem hijack the car, is two a dem”. They then proceeded to call police.
Police stated that Douglas was found in a pool of blood with two wounds one to his head, another to his chest. Detectives have so far learnt that Douglas worked as a part time taxi driver with Alladin Taxi Service located at La Grange and was lured to his death by the passenger seen seated in the front seat beside him.
Police were told that the carjacker had gone to the taxi base earlier that evening posing as a customer. He hired Douglas to take him to North Ruimveldt where he had his accomplice waiting at the end of the Cul-de-Sac Street to rob Douglas of his vehicle.
The car was found abandoned along Stone Avenue, Campbellville, Georgetown.
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