By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
TWO men were charged with murder yesterday, including a man accused of killing an elderly man with a baseball bat last month in Malcolm Allotment East.
Reginal Chase, 36, was charged with murder before Magistrate Kendra Kelly.
Chase is accused of hitting Michael Pratt with a baseball bat on the back of his head after getting into an argument on June 3. Mr Pratt, 65, died from blunt force head trauma.
The accused was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDCS). His case will be moved to the Supreme Court through a Voluntary Bill of Indictment (VBI) set for service on October 6.
An 18-year-old was also sent to prison after being accused of a fatal shooting in the Cowpen Road area last month.
Julian Geo Seide was charged with murder before Assistant Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain.
Seide allegedly shot and killed Haitian national Viguens Guillet on June 17. Police discovered the body of the 27-year-old victim in his apartment with apparent gunshot injuries.
Seide was remanded to BDCS and informed that his VBI is set for service on August 1.
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