Georgetown: Legal Advice is being sought as investigations continue into a two-week old attempted robbery outside of El Dorado Trading that left gold miner Deon Stoll dead, police confirmed.
Eight suspects, including a female, a doctor and the alleged mastermind, Shane ‘Demon’ Morgan, remained in custody.
Last weekend, the police were granted a one-week extension beyond the 72-hours limit, for the holding of the suspects to carry out further investigations.
A wounded suspect captured recently at an East Coast Demerara roadblock confessed, implicating a number of the persons in custody.
A doctor in custody has also allegedly admitted to treating a wounded man.
The police are said to be tying up loose ends with murder, robbery and accessory charges very likely.
The killed gold miner, Deon ‘Mow’ Stoll, 44, who was laid to rest last Tuesday on the Essequibo Coast, was a popular businessman.
His death led to calls for the Joint Services to lend support to quell the crime situation and to lend security to businesses. The brazen actions saw residents scattering with gunfire exchanged between one of the gunman and Stoll.
One resident of Da Silva Street, Newtown, where the incident happened, said a bullet damaged her television.
Police believe that they have the getaway car and driver and a doctor, Alonzo De Santos, who is said to have been taken from his Prospect home to a city location where he allegedly treated one of the shot bandits, Delon ‘Demon’ Morgan.
On the morning of October 14, last, shortly after 10:00 hrs, residents of Da Silva Street heard rapid gunfire.
In less than minute it was over. Four men were left nursing gunshot wounds in front of El Dorado Trading, a gold dealer. One of them was Stoll, who later died at the hospital.
Security videos later surfaced and revealed a shocking tale.
A Toyota 212, later determined to be a vehicle in which Stoll was seated, pulled into the driveway of El Dorado. Another car following closely behind, pulled up and two men, masked, ran out.
They converged on Stoll’s car, one to the passenger side where the businessman was seated and the other to the driver’s side.
During the video, the driver was seen getting out the car and wrestling with one of the masked men.
One the other side, Stoll and the other bandit started to shoot at each other.
The gunman was seen falling twice as he back-peddled to the getaway car that was waiting. Both he and the other bandit abandoned their attempts.
The video later showed Stoll clutching his side, realising he was shot.
The businessman, who owned dredges in the mining areas, was a prominent businessman with interests on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two, and even a hotel in Region One.
His death left the mining community reeling, with deep anger at what played out.
Since the incident, the police, hot on the tracks of the bandits, managed to seize the getaway car about two days later after it was abandoned at Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara.
The alleged getaway driver, Steve Rollox, was reportedly arrested at the Princess Casino, Providence, where investigators tracked him down. He was gambling.
Hours later, police went looking for Dr. Alonzo De Santos, who was stationed at the Diamond Hospital.
He too was later taken into custody, suspected of lending support after the robbery.
The police then arrested Wayne St. Hill, who runs a tint shop in Kitty, after he turned up with his lawyer.
He is alleged to have played a key planning role.
Over the weekend, the police issued wanted bulletins for Lennox Estwick, 23, from Linden and Delon ‘Demon’ Morgan, 33.
Morgan was said to have been shot when he exchanged gunfire with the gold miner. He was captured earlier this week, at the road block on East Coast Demerara.
He was believed to have been making a dash for neighbouring Suriname.
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