The accused appeared last Tuesday at the Port Kaituma Magistrates’ Court, via zoom, before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh. She was not required to plead to the indictable offence. The accused was remanded to prison with her next court date set for October 14, 2025. James is accused of murdering Kevin Smith, a 20-year-old male Guyanese Amerindian miner from Baramita, North West District. The incident occurred on September 18, 2025, at approximately 17:00 hrs. Investigations revealed that the victim and the 19-year-old accused were in a relationship and had been living together in a wooden and plastic camp for about a year.

At the time of the incident, Naderia James returned home after consuming alcohol and found the victim lying in his hammock. When the victim noticed her, he grabbed a cutlass and struck her on the left shoulder and her right hand, which led to her to becoming agitated. James then pulled out a handmade knife from her waist and stabbed the victim in his chest.

Following the stabbing, Smith stumbled out of the camp and collapsed in a patch of bushes. James fled the scene and made her way to the Baramita Police Station, where she provided a statement regarding the incident. (Kaieteur News)