Man charged with killing freelance photographer

SHAWN Sooklall, 30, of Lovely Lass Village, West Coast Berbice, appeared in court in Georgetown yesterday charged with the brutal slaying of freelance photographer Tricia Welch earlier this week.

He was not required to plead to the murder charge and acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan remanded him to prison until August 17.

Welch, 29, was brutally stabbed and her throat slit at her Lot 2307 Soufriere Street, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown home early Monday morning.

Thursday, July 20, 2006