The 24-year-old man who was arrested for the murder of Kirwyn Mars popularly known as ‘Sir Mars’ was on Friday charged and remanded to prison for the offence.The defendant, Brian Richards, a labourer of John Fernandes Squatting Area, Georgetown, made his first court appearance at the Diamond/Grove Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Sunil Scarce where the capital charge of murder was read to him.
After reviewing the evidence against the suspect involved in the death of Kirwyn Mars popularly known as ‘Sir Mars’, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack, S.C on Thursday has recommended to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) that he be charged with murder.
With investigations into the murder of Kirwyn Mars popularly called ‘Sir Mars’ still ongoing, a post mortem examination (PME) conducted on his remains revealed that he received eight stab wounds about his body and that his chest was crushed.