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Oct 15, 2014 News
A 26-year-old man, who was arrested after allegedly opening fire at an undercover police rank last week Tuesday, now faces a total of six charges, including the murder of Linden miner, Quacy Thompson, which occurred in July.
Steve Mohammed of Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, is the man who the Guyana Police Force dispatched an intelligence rank to aid in his capture. The lawmen managed to track Mohammed down and take him into custody during the armed confrontation.
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday, Mohammed faced allegations of murder, discharging a loaded firearm, robbery under arms, as well as three counts of possession of firearm and ammunition.
According to the Prosecution, the crimes which were conducted over a three-month period, starting with the murder of the Linden miner on Tuesday, July 15, last.
The court heard that at Konawaruk, Mowasi Backdam, Potaro, Mohammed murdered Quacy Thompson, 31, also known as ‘Dark Sight’ of Linden.
According to reports, the incident occurred at about 20:00 hours on the night in question. Police investigations revealed that Thompson was involved in an argument with two men, during which he was stabbed and shot to his body. The miner had died before receiving medical treatment.
It is also alleged that on September 1 at Mowasi Backdam, Mohammed held Akeem Green at gunpoint and robbed him of three ounces and fifteen penny weight of raw gold, $75,000 worth in Digicel phone cards and $145,000 in cash. The items, totalling $1,120,000, belonged to Terry Ambrose.
All the matters were reported to the police but they were unable to capture Mohammed until last Tuesday when the undercover rank cornered him in Friendship on the East Bank of Demerara.
Inspector Michael Grant, who prosecuted, related that acting on a tip received, an intelligence rank of the Guyana Police Force wearing a disguise, is the one who managed to apprehend him. Mohammed, he said, opened fire at the cop who retaliated and the accused was shot.
At the time of his arrest the rank reportedly found a .38 Taurus revolver, two live rounds of .38 ammunitions, a .38 spent shell, a .38 live ammunition as well as a .32 spent shell on Mohammed, an unlicenced individual.
Mohammed was taken to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre where he was admitted as a patient under police guard. The court heard that a .38 round of ammunition was found on him while at the hospital.
While he denied the other charges, the 26-year-old was not called upon to respond to the murder charge since it was indictable.
During his arraignment, Mohammed claimed that he was shot four times by a “Rasta Man” and not the police. In fact, he insisted that though he was injured and had been robbed of a chain, his passport and identification card, the ranks refused to take a statement about the shooting.
He told the Chief Magistrate that he had never been placed on an Identification Parade, but he was informed that notwithstanding the lack of an ID parade, there are other factors that the court would have to consider.
The Prosecution was instructed to investigate Mohammed’s claims. The Magistrate ordered statements to be filed in relation to the charge of discharging a loaded firearm with intent.
The murder and the robbery under arms committed at Mowasi Backdam were transferred to Mahdia Magistrates’ Court for October 20, while the other matters committed on the East Bank of Demerara will be called at the Providence Magistrate’s Court today.
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