THE ex-policeman accused of killing two and injuring two other serving members of the Force, in a bizarre shooting spree at Brickdam Police Station in Georgetown last Monday, appeared in Court yesterday afternoon.
Solomon Blackman faced two murder charges before Chief Magistrate Juliet Holder-Allen, who remanded him to prison until the April 16 start of the preliminary inquiry (PI).
The prisoner is charged with murdering Assistant Superintendent Richard Griffith and Lance Corporal Ramnarine Latchana on March 1.
Two more charges against Blackman said, the same day, he unlawfully and maliciously attempted to also murder Corporal Clifton Nelson and Constable Kester Cosbert.
Defence Counsel Mortimer Coddette told the Court, Blackman needs psychiatric treatment and has no feeling in the leg on which he was shot during the attack.
Mrs. Holder-Allen advised Coddette that there are procedures for his client to get medical treatment but said the PI will not begin until the accused is in better health.
While Blackman was making the Court appearance upstairs, a large crowd, mostly of relatives including his father, gathered in the compound below and, when he emerged, some in the throng were heard telling him to pray, be strong and God will forgive him.
Outside the courtroom, Coddette declared that Blackman is a citizen like every other Guyanese and deserves a fair trial.
The alleged killer, of Lot 34 Bent Street, Wortmanville, in the city, was a former member of the Police Tactical Services Unit (TSU).
One of the injured policemen, Nelson is still a patient at Georgetown Public Hospital where his condition is said to be stable.