Miners Charged with Baramani Backdam Murder

2 gold miners slapped with murder charge

Two young gold miners were on Tuesday remanded to prison after being charged with the murder of 28-year-old Riley Abrams, whose body was discovered with multiple incised wounds at Balamani Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). Remanded: Rovel Santiago The accused, 21-year-old Rovel Santiago of Mabaruma, Region One (Barima-Waini), and 20-year-old Shawn Williams of Kuru Kururu village, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, were jointly charge…

Two miners charged with murder in Cuyuni River Region Seven - Guyana Chronicle

TWO young gold miners have been jointly charged with the murder of 24-year-old Riley Abrams, whose mutilated body was discovered at Balamani Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region Seven. The accused, 21-year-old Rovel Santiago of Mabaruma, Region One, and 20-year-old Shawn Williams of Kuru Kururu village on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, were arrested on Saturday, June 28, 2025 […]

Miners charged with Baramani Backdam murder

Rovel Santiago, a 21-year-old gold miner from Mabaruma, Region # 1, and Shawn Williams, a 20-year-old gold miner from Kuru Kururu village, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, were arrested on Saturday and charged jointly today with murder. The article Miners charged with Baramani Backdam murder appeared first on Stabroek News.

Two gold miners charged with murder

Rovel Santiago, 21, and Shawn Williams, 20, both gold miners, were charged with murder on Tuesday, days after they were arrested. The charge was laid Contrary to Common Law of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act, Chapter 8:01. The case was called at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Teriq Mohammed, where the charge of murder was read to them. They were not required to plead, and both were remanded to prison until August 14 for contin…