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Acid victim yet to receive justice

Sep 30, 2010 News

By Rabindra Rooplall
The father of an acid attack victim is alleging that his son, Navin Seepersaud, who was disfigured with acid in November 2004, has received no justice to date.
According to Baljeet Seepersaud, of Diamond New Scheme, his son was doused with acid. Attempted murder charges were laid against a mother and her son (Renee Persaud and Komal Persaud). The case was before the Providence Magistrate’s Court where they were committed to stand trial in the High Court.
The distressed father explained that in July 2008 the case was called in the High Court before Justice Roxanne George, and it was eventually aborted because one of the jurors was found to be corrupt since “a girl say that somebody offer she bribe….the Judge said that the juror would be put under investigation.”
The jurors were ordered to submit their names, telephone numbers and place of employment to the police outpost at the High Court. They were further ordered to make themselves available to the police for statements and any other questioning to inform the investigation.
The father said that he told the court that both of the accused are in possession of their respective passports and that they may flee the jurisdiction. “The mother claim that she ain’t got passport, but she son passport was seized.”
Adding that after the accused were released, the mother Renee Persaud carried her son backtrack to protect him from prosecution. Seepersaud said that the third session is going to be called soon and the accused persons are left to roam freely while his son endure severe discomfort and pain on a daily basis.
“I write the DPP three weeks before these people get away and nobody do nothing. They (accused) suppose to go in the lockups until another session is called and give them another trial…I can’t look at my son sometimes how he punishing. They had to cut off flesh from he two leg to graph onto his torso.”
Navin Seepersaud was hospitalised for 27 days in the Burn Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital. Subsequently Seepersaud had to travel to Cuba for treatment.
Komal Persaud and his mother Renee Persaud of Third Street, Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD) were charged with throwing acid on Navin Seepersaud of Section ‘C’, Block ‘Y’, Golden Grove, EBD causing severe burns to his face, torso and legs.

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