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Man remanded to prison for seaman’s murder
Magistrate Leslie Sobers yesterday remanded 19-year-old murder accused Gilbert Gill.
Gill made his appearance at the Providence Magistrate’s Court where the indictable charge was read to him.
The charge states that on Sunday July 8, at Friendship, East Bank Demerara he murdered 42-year-old Bharrat Dass. Even after being told that he was not allowed to say anything Gill indicated to the court that he had something to say.
Murder Accused 19 year-old Gilbert Gill.
After being reprimanded by the Magistrate, Gill was told he will be remanded to prison until November 20.
Gill who was clad in a white long sleeve shirt and a pair of black pants wore a blank stare as he was escorted back into the police lock-ups.
Police on Sunday charged Gill after he reportedly admitted to killing Dass, although the motive for the heinous crime is still unclear. Gill, is the son of the boat captain and resides at a community off the Soesdyke/Linden highway.
Police had said that large pools of blood on the vessel indicated that the seaman had indeed been brutally slain. There were wounds to the head and shoulders, and it was clear that Dass’s throat had been slashed.
The vessel, which was hauling a barge that was destined to carry lumber to a timber grant at Yaruni, Demerara River, is owned by Ganesh Cheddie, who operates a sawmill at Pouderoyen.
Kaieteur News was told that the captain had gone to rest around 23:00 hrs on Saturday, leaving his son and Dass awake. He awoke shortly after midnight and asked his son to get a sheet for him. However, when his son stood and stared back without responding, the captain enquired about Dass’s whereabouts.
According to a source, the youth replied: “What you asking me about ‘Lako?’ I give he two lash, cut he throat and shove he overboard.”
Apparently not believing his son, the captain then went to one of the security guards at the Didco wharf and enquired whether Dass had left the compound. After being informed that the man had not seen Dass, the captain returned to the vessel, where his son reportedly again stated that he had killed ‘Lako’ and dumped him and the knife he (the son) had used overboard.
The captain then contacted the police who took the suspect into custody.
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