Richards to stand trial for 'Sir Mars’ murder

Richards to stand trial for ‘Sir Mars’ murder

Jun 28, 2025 News

Murder Accused: Brian Richards

Kaieteur News – Brian Richards, the accused in the murder of Kirwyn Mars, also known as ‘Sir Mars’, was committed to stand trial at the next practicable sitting of the Demerara Assizes on Friday. He appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond/Grove Magistrate Court.

Mars, the former headmaster of the St. Mary’s Secondary School located on Princess Street, was found dead on May 7, 2023, underneath a vehicle at the Perseverance Housing Scheme, Providence, East Bank Demerara, (EBD). He was 51 years old at the time.

Richards made is first court appearance on May 12, 2023 at the Diamond/Grove Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Sunil Scarce, where he was remanded for Mars’ murder.

The suspect, who police captured on video footage with Mars that day, was arrested at his workplace.

Dead: Kirwyn Mars

In his confession to investigators, Richards, who was 24 at the time, said he and Mars went to a bar in the city after Mars had invited him out. The suspect recalled that after consuming about a case and a half of beers at the bar together, they left and went to an ATM machine at South Ruimveldt since Mars was the one who wanted to make a withdrawal.

After realising the machine was down, the suspect further detailed to the police that they left and went to another machine located in the Diamond area. The suspect said that they used the new Eccles highway and while enroute to the location, he and Mars got into a misunderstanding.

The suspect, Kaieteur News was informed, admitted to investigators that during their argument, he picked up a bottle and hit Mars. ‘Sir Mars’, the suspect claimed, had picked up a knife from the vehicle in retaliation. He further confessed that before Mars could attack him, he overpowered him and took away the knife and stabbed Mars several times about his body.

After being injured, the suspect related that ‘Sir Mars’ ran out the vehicle leaving him inside. The suspect further claimed that his cell phone had dropped between the seats and in the process of retrieving his phone, the vehicle ended up reversing and crushed Mars.

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