A TEENAGER is in police custody after reportedly stabbing to death a father of two at Cemetery Road, Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara (ECD) after the lad was accosted over a recent house break-in yesterday.The dead man has been identified as 28-year-old minibus conductor Kevon Marvin George of 1015, Bare Root, ECD. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

His alleged assailant, a 15-year-old juvenile whose name has not been released because of his age, is in police custody. He was taken to the police station by his father after the stabbing.

Reports indicate that George had been involved in an argument with the lad at Bachelor’s Adventure at approximately 07:30hrs on Sunday morning when he was stabbed to his eyes and throat.

The dead man’s mother, Minerva Nieuenkerk, told this publication that the entire situation started when the teenager reportedly stole some items from her grandson, Clifton Wills, who resides in another lot behind her premises.

“He broke into my daughter’s house and stole my grandson computer, sign printing machine and other things. This boy is always bad news, he make his own mother run off and walking the street,” Nieuenkerk said.

The mother of seven further explained that the items were stolen on December, 8, 2015, on her grandson’s birthday.

“After he do that, his (the juvenile’s) father called my grandson and give him back the machine, a battery and something else. He didn’t give back all the items, so this morning (yesterday) my grandson asked him, ‘boy what happen to the rest of things?’ and he replied, cursing up and saying he done break the house what y’all will do about it,” she recalled.

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The distressed mother stressed that if she had known that her son was heading out of the house for a confrontation, she would never have allowed him to go there.
“I won’t have allowed him to go out for that, because I told my grandson he needs to go back to the police station. I didn’t expect my son was going on the road for that reason,” the woman said.

This inconsolable mother was quick to call for justice after her son’s murder. Meanwhile, the dead man’s twin brother, Kevin George, said his brother had overheard the complaint made by Wills pertaining to the stolen item, and had decided to jump on a bicycle and head towards the teen, with whom an argument ensued, resulting in him being stabbed several times to the neck and face.

“Before this man left the house, all he said was he was coming back just now. He normally goes early on the road every day to walk his bird, so we never suspected he was going for anything else,” the twin brother said in tears.

“I lose my brother now. When I hear the news and rush to my brother and was talking to him is sheer blood running through my fingers. There was no assistance given from anyone, family come from over the river and reach before the police to carry the body.”

With tears flowing down his face, the twin said he is seeking justice for his brother’s demise, and expects the police and judiciary to act swiftly in the matter.

He reflected that the teen is known in the village as a troublemaker, but he had previously offered the lad assistance when he allowed him to weed his yard on a monthly basis for a fee. “Is just because I know him as a youth in the area I gave him the work,” he said