‘Brave’, who dressed up as a woman and went to his daughter’s home where he allegedly shot her boyfriend, was today charged with murder.
44-year-old Sherwayne Brandt, called ‘Brave’, was brought before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennon at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
The Norton Street, Worthmanville construction worker was not required to plead to the murder charge. He was placed on remand and the matter was adjourned until March 22.
According to the police report, the man went to Lot 211 Freeman Street, East La Penitence where he fatally shot Leon Gittens.
Investigations revealed that Gittens – who shared an intimate relationship with the suspect’s daughter – was allegedly threatened earlier in January last by the suspect.
The suspect’s daughter told police she observed her father in a blue dress with a wig when he entered the yard. He was armed with a black handgun.
She told the cops that she ran for cover before hearing three loud explosions similar to that of gunshots, after which, the suspect ran from the yard and made good his escape.
Upon checking, she saw Gittens lying motionless in front of a bedroom and an alarm was raised. The injured Gittens was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where he was pronounced dead on arrivala.
Brandt was captured on Saturday while attempting to flee the country at the Eugene F. Correia Inter-national Airport, Ogle just hours after the police blacklisted him.
