‘Cobra’ in solitary confinement after stabbing prisoner
Convicted killer Tyrone Rowe, called ‘Cobra,’ has been placed in solitary confinement following a vicious attack on
Tyrone Rowe called ‘Cobra’
another inmate at the Georgetown Prisons last Friday. Prison sources said that Rowe stabbed 39-year-old remand prisoner Wazim Ali after sneaking a sharp implement into the infirmary. According to reports, Ali, who is housed in the North Dormitory, was in the infirmary at around 12.00 hrs on Friday when he had an altercation with Rowe, who stabbed him in the chest and stomach. The wounded prisoner was treated at the Georgetown Prison but was not admitted. Prison officials were unable to say what caused the altercation. However, Kaieteur News understands that warders who had escorted Rowe to the infirmary claimed that they had searched him before taking him there. Kaieteur News was told that ‘Cobra’ was subsequently placed in solitary confinement and was still there up to yesterday. Rowe, 22, was jailed for 78 years in September, 2013, for a number of criminal offences, including the murder of Troy Collymore called ‘Collie’ and ‘Nelly,’ who was shot dead in Plaisance in 2010. A $1M reward had been offered for information leading to Rowe’s arrest. Rowe is one of the first persons found guilty of murder that was given an alternative sentence since legislation against the death penalty was changed. Friday’s attack follows two other violent incidents at the Georgetown and New Amsterdam Prisons. On November 17, a brawl in the Georgetown Prisons over music ended with alleged gang member, Colwyn Cort, called ‘Dutchie’ being rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation with head injuries. Reports indicate that Cort and other inmates were watching television in the North Dormitory when a row broke out over what type of music the prisoners should listen to. Cort, Randolph Rodrigues, called ‘Shoulders’, and Jason Mc Kenzie, called ‘Psycho’, were charged with attempted murder last September for allegedly chopping four other prisoners and dousing them with acid in the New Amsterdam Prison. The assailants and victims were said to be members of separate gangs.