Members of the Joint Services have intensified the search to recapture prison escapee Royden Williams, also known as “Smallie”, who escaped from the Mazaruni Prison at about 14 hours 30 today.
Prison escapee Royden Williams, also known as “Smallie”
Williams was returning to the Sibley Hall prison after receiving a visit from a female who is currently in custody, when the escorting ranks came under gunfire. The ranks dismounted the ATV and returned fire at the assailants.
At that point, one of the boat occupants came onto the land and continued to discharge several rounds towards the prison officers.
Williams, who was in foot chains, managed to run towards the riverbank and jump into the river. His accomplices at that point assisted him into the boat, which then proceeded westerly upriver.
No prison officer was injured during the ordeal. Prisoner Williams is considered to be armed and dangerous.
In 2017, the convict was sentenced to death on eight counts of murder in relation to the Bartica massacre in 2008. He was also handed another death sentence for the murder of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldier Ivor Williams which occurred in 2008.
