Matthew Parks, a 20-year-old youth from East La Penitence was today charged with the murder of 22-yr-old GWI, employee Roger Allen.
Allen was stabbed by the suspect at the corners of Durban and Chapel Streets on September 13th and succumbed to his injuries hours later.
Parks was arraigned in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, where the indictable charge was read to him. He was not required to plea to the charge and was remanded to prison until October 10th.
Roger Allen dead man
Durban and Princess Street residents said that the murder stemmed from a row over cigarettes. The incident started at a shop on Durban Street and ended at the corner of Durban and Chapel Streets.
The man was helped by residents who took him in a car to the hospital. The residents said that the men had an ongoing problem, but it escalated after Roger went to the shop to buy cigarettes and was accused by the suspect of touching all the cigarettes in the pack.
At the court this morning, Allen’s relatives broke down in tears, while the dead man’s sister asked Parks why he killed her brother.
According to the police report, Allen visited the Mini Mart where Parks worked at earlier on the day in question.
There are reports that Parks left his workplace and was confronted by Allen who was reportedly armed with a piece of wood and a knife.
According to the Police, a scuffle ensued and both men received injuries, but Allen’s aunt says her nephew was not an aggressive person. The woman said her nephew did not start any fight with Parks.