Swan teen remanded for murder of stepfather
Updated: May 27, 2022
Nineteen-year-old Joshua Williams, who is accused of murdering his stepfather, was remanded to prison for the crime on Monday.
Williams, a labourer of Lot 20 Swan Village, Soeadyke, Linden Highway, was arraigned before Magistrate Sunil Scarce in the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrate’s Court.
He was not required to plead to the indictable charge, which stated that on March 28, 2022, at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara (EBD), he murdered 41-year-old Joseph Davis, a taxi driver.
Reports are that the accused and the victim had an argument on March 19, 2022, resulting in a fight, during which Davis was wounded.
Davis was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), where he was admitted as a patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), but died on March 28.
While at the medical institution, investigators had visited him on three occasions to get a statement but were unsuccessful.
Earlier this month, the Police had issued a wanted bulletin for Williams, and two weeks later, he went to his father's home, where he was found hiding behind a chair in the living room.
After listening to the facts of the matter, the Magistrate remanded the 19-year-old to prison until May 30, 2022.
