Accused committed to High Court in Doobay murder

Jun 30, 2012 News

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the death of Shewraney Doobay, the now dead wife of prominent physician, Dr. Ramsundar Doobay, concluded yesterday with the surviving accused, Shakir Mohamed, of Lot 127 Latchuni Street, Better Hope, East Coast Demerara being committed to the High Court to stand trial for the woman’s murder.
The ruling was made by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court. The Magistrate said that after perusing the evidence and reviewing the submission laid over by the defence and the prosecution, that she had found that enough evidence existed for the accused to answer the charge of murder at the next appropriate sitting of the Supreme Court.
The murder accused who has been appearing for the murder PI for almost a year now seemed clueless and in a daze when the ruling was made.
It is alleged that he along with the number one accused, Mark Singh, of Prince William Street, Plaisance, who is now deceased, murdered the 58-year-old victim Shewraney Doobay on May 24, 2011, at Echilibar Villas, Campbellville. It was reported that Singh took ill while housed at the Camp Street Prison. He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he later succumbed to acute asthma.
It is alleged that Singh, who was the dead Doobay’s nephew, was the main player in the crime while Mohamed played a role in cushioning the act.
On June 4, after the evidence of 12 prosecution witnesses, special prosecutor Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Fazil Karimbaksh closed the case against the accused.
Attorney-at-law Vic Puran who represented Mohamed, made no case submissions. Puran argued on the admissibility of statements provided in the PI. He also spoke about a voir dire (a trial within a trial) and argued that the prosecution would not be interested in such for various reasons.
DSP Karimbaksh returned yesterday and laid over submissions based on the arguments of Puran. He related that there was adequate evidence as to why the accused should be committed to the Supreme Court. He provided authorities for such and the court saw it fit to uphold the senior police officer’s submissions.
On May 24, 2011, the deceased was found in her home reportedly bludgeoned to death at around 16:30 hrs in the bottom flat of her two-storey home. Police said that the body of the 58-year-old woman was lying in a pool of blood near to the kitchen. Reports were that she had been struck at least four times in the head with a blunt instrument.
Police sources said that one of the wounds was to the back of the head, another at the side, and two at the top of the skull. The victim was fully clothed.
Detectives said that they found no signs of forced entry. A substantial sum of cash was found on the premises, as well as the physician’s licensed 9mm Glock pistol. The murder weapon was not recovered at the time.
Later reports also stated that Singh had reportedly confessed to hammering his aunt to death. This caused his arrest and investigations into the murder led to the other accused being arrested and charged.

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