Guyana Observer News

An elderly Amerindian couple appeared totally oblivious as to why they were in court yesterday, at the mercy of the law. ighty-five year-old Vernon John and his 65-year-old wife Stella John appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court where the charge of unlawful possession of ammunition was read to them. It is alleged that on Friday February 12 at a location in Bonasika Creek, Vernon John  who is almost deaf, and his wife, had in their possession five (5) live 16-gauge shotgun rounds. s the charge was being read to the duo, the police who escorted the barefoot couple indicated to Magistrate Nyasha Williams-Hatmin that the couple could not hear properly. This prompted the Magistrate to call the two to the bench. After the Magistrate read the charge, Mr. John told the court “me nah know wha fuh seh”, this was also the response by the man’s wife. Even as the Magistrate continued to ask the couple if they were guilty or not, Mr. John kept saying he did not know what to say and added “me had de thing deh fuh kill monkey and hog because dem does eat out meh thing from me farm.”