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“Vigilante” murder trial continues

Mar 15, 2011 News

As the murder trial for Jainarine Persaud, 42, and Andy Jagmohan, 26, continued yesterday before Justice Winston Patterson, two more witnesses were called to the stand to give evidence. One of them was the victim’s mother.
The two, Persaud and Jagmohan, are accused of killing Andy Peters at Grove, East Bank Demerara, in January 2008.
State prosecutors Rhondell Weever and Teshanna James are presenting the case, while the defendants are represented by attorneys Khemraj Ramjattan and Neil Parsaram.
Yesterday as the matter continued, the court was informed by Prosecutor Weever that the next witness who was expected to be called had died. The prosecutor then requested to make an application to the court in the absence of the jury.
This application was granted by the Judge who excused the jury.
The witness was identified as Holly Lashley.
The prosecutor informed the court that the prosecution was going to rely on Lashley’s evidence tendered in the magistrate’s court.
Further, Weever said that she would be now relying on Section 95 of the Evidence Act, which allows the woman’s statement to be read into evidence.
Elizabeth Bishop, the dead woman’s mother, was called to the witness stand. She produced a death certificate which was tendered into evidence.
There was no objection by the defence and cross examination was declined. The next witness to be called to support the evidence which was given by Lashley, was Inspector of Police, Lloyd Thomas.
Thomas was the person who prosecuted the matter before Magistrate Priya Beharry. There was no objection by the defence lawyers. Thomas then read the deposition to the court. The deposition is the evidence which the dead witness had given in the Magistrate’s court.
That evidence was mainly about identifying her husband’s body at the Georgetown Public Hospital Mortuary. Cross examination was again declined by attorney Ramjattan.  The next witness to be called by the prosecution was Inspector of Police Elson Baird.
He spoke about his involvement in the case while he was stationed at the Ruimveldt Police Station.
He was crossed examined by attorney at law Khemraj Ramjattan. Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh was expected to testify but was unable to come due to prior commitments.
The case was then adjourned to Wednesday when Dr Singh is expected to give his evidence.
Last week, the state called Mohamed Ali, an “eyewitness”, he was subsequently cross examined by Ramjattan.
Police Officer Shizram Nurgyaya was the next witness to testify. He tendered the post mortem examination results to the court.
The matter was then adjourned.
Prosecutor James in her opening address did not disclose a motive for the killing, but promised to lead witnesses who would show that the killing was deliberate – with intention to kill or to cause grievous bodily harm.
Police Constable, Jason Kyte, who is stationed at the Grove Police Station, testified that relative to a report of the murder committed on Andy Peters on January 28, 2008, he assisted in the investigations.
Civilian witness David Persaud testified that on the night of the murder, he was aroused by a noise.
Persaud said that he ran outside and saw a man lying on the road in a pool of blood.  The man appeared to be unconscious.
He took the injured man to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre.

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