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Murder of insurance executive…Suspect reportedly claiming self defence
The prime suspect in the murder of insurance executive Bert Whyte is reportedly claiming self-defence in the murder of the Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara resident.
Kaieteur News understands that the suspect has admitted to killing 45-year-old Whyte while giving what he claimed was a motive for the brutal attack.
He is likely to appear in court this week.
The suspect, identified as Clive Knights, was nabbed on Sunday when ranks stopped a minibus at Yarrowkabra, on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway.Kaieteur News understands that one of the ranks recognized Knights as being the individual that police have been searching for in connection with Whyte’s murder. However, the suspect allegedly claimed that he was ‘Troy David,’ but eventually admitted to his true identity.Knights had worked as a security guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital, while Whyte was employed there as Personnel Manager.
Whyte was stabbed to death on May 14, last, while sitting in his car in the Tiger Bay area.
Checks of Whyte’s movements revealed that he had picked up his niece from a private school in the city, hours before his death.
Reports indicate that the suspect was driving while Whyte, a Manager at Guyana and Trinidad Mutual Life Insurance Company Limited, was in the front passenger seat.
An eyewitness reportedly later saw Whyte struggling with another man in the vehicle.
Although wounded, the victim managed to exit the vehicle and run into Main Street before collapsing outside of a restaurant and bar.
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