‘Junior’ Pleads Guilty to Killing Amputee During Robbery
October 22 2025
A 24-year-old Tuschen resident, Collin Jackman, called “Junior,” has pleaded guilty to the 2021 murder of 59-year-old amputee Keith Richard Hohenkirk during a robbery that involved the use of a psychotropic drug.
Jackman entered the guilty plea before Chief Justice (ag) Navindra Singh at the High Court in Demerara.
Jackman, who was represented by attorney-at-law Madan Kissoon, is scheduled to return to court on November 19 for sentencing.
The case is being prosecuted by State Counsel Geneva Wills, State Counsel Christopher Belfield, and State Counsel Simran Gajraj.
According to the case file, Jackman and Hohenkirk were known to each other and lived in the same Tuschen community on the East Bank of Essequibo.
About a week before the killing, Jackman and several accomplices plotted to drug and rob Hohenkirk using a substance called “molly.”
On October 23, 2021, they mixed the drug into a bottle of Banko wine and brought it to Hohenkirk’s home.
That night, the group entered the victim’s house, tied him up, and gagged him with a sheet and scotch tape.
Jackman then struck Hohenkirk multiple times in the face and head while the others ransacked the premises, stealing snacks, beverages, and cash from both the home and the adjoining shop.
Jackman and another accomplice later returned to collect the wine bottle and discovered Hohenkirk lying motionless and cold.
Despite this, they proceeded to rob the shop again before fleeing.
Police discovered Hohenkirk’s body the following morning, October 24, 2021. He was found lying on his back with his hands and mouth bound, and the room was in disarray.
He was later pronounced dead at the Leonora Cottage Hospital.
Following his arrest two days later, Jackman gave a caution statement admitting his role in the plan to drug and rob the victim and confessed to striking him during the ordeal.
A post-mortem examination performed by Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh determined that Hohenkirk died from a subdural haematoma caused by blunt trauma to the head, along with compression injuries to the neck.
