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Suspect says “I lost it”
Phagwah Day murder…
– was inmate at Salvation Army Rehab Centre
Kevin Ally, the man who fatally stabbed 41-year-old Nassair Ghani on Phagwah Day, has blamed his “mental condition” for his actions.
Ally, who was an inmate of the Salvation Army Drug Rehab Center for almost two years, said that he was “highly annoyed” when some children tried to pour water on him on Phagwah day. Ally is chained to a bed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GHPC), where he is receiving treatment for wounds he sustained from a beating at the scene of the stabbing.
He recalled walking through Carmichael Street, when a few children tried to throw water on him.
“I was in control and I tell them ‘no, no y’all don’t throw water on me.’ They keep provoking me and start pelting me with bricks.”
The accused who admitted that he is the nephew of the late President Cheddi Jagan, told this newspaper that he has been a drug addict for 13-years.
But on Phagwah day, he “lost it” when the children started to pelt him with bricks and teased him.
He lamented that he spoke in a rude tone to the children, causing two carpenters, who were working on a nearby building, to approach.
According to Ally one of the men asked “Why you talking to the children so fah?”
Ally said while he was complaining to one of the carpenters about the children’s behavior, a child approached him with a bucket of water.
“The carpenter tek that water and throw it on me and I run up to him with my two empty hands but he pulled out a knife on me.”
The mentally challenged man said the carpenter attacked him and they had a “little hand scuffle”.
He claimed that Ghani had a knife in his possession.
Kevin Ally in hospital yesterday.
Ally claimed that he eventually managed to twist Ghani’s hand causing the knife to pierce his body.
“After that I run away but two man start fah follow me and start beating me.”
Ally was subsequently captured and handed over to the police.
Ghani eventually succumbed on his way to the hospital. Ally is expected to be placed before the court on a murder charge as soon as he is discharged from hospital.
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