A 26-year-old man is expected to appear before a Chaguanas Magistrate today, charged with the 2017 murder of Guyanese national, Mesach Yoel Mentore, aka ‘Joel’.

Mudele Hakeem Williams, of Carlsen Field, Chaguanas, was charged with the offence, following advice received from the Director of Public Prosecutions, Roger Gaspard SC, on Thursday.

Mentore, 29, was at his Henderson Street, Chaguanas home on February 18th 2017, when he got into an altercation with a man known to him. During the incident, the victim was stabbed in his neck and chest. He died at the scene.

Williams surrendered himself to officers of the Chaguanas Police Station, on Wednesday July 15.