Latest update February 14th, 2025 7:41 AM
Mahaica men discharged of “attempted murder” charge
Four men who were accused of attempting to murder Gowkarran Gurdatt, back in 2011 walked out of the Mahaica Magistrates’ Court, free after
Two of the accused when they were charged last year
Magistrate Alex Moore upheld no case submissions by attorney at law Jerome Khan.
The men, Mahase Persaud, Norfy Ramkissoon, Bisham Singh and Haynarine Gopaul were charged on June 3, 2011. The preliminary inquiry lasted about 15 months. The prosecution had alleged that the four men had inflicted the injuries on Gourdatt on May 16, 2011 at Broken Water-Land De Hoop Mahaica, ECD and as a result the man died several days later.
However the defence which consisted of Attorney at law Jerome Khan, Mursaline Bacchus, and Arune Gadraj argued that the state failed to show any evidence that the four men had no intention to commit any murder. Yesterday in court, Khan in his submission said that police were sloppy in their investigation.
“They moved hurriedly to recommend charges even though the evidence pointed elsewhere,” Khan stated. The case in itself had some technicality since Gurdatt died a few weeks back at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
The charge was instituted after the police alleged that the men inflicted several blows to Gurdatt. However a post mortem examination performed on Gurdatt failed to show that the blows to head, that caused his death. According to sources at the Georgetown Public Hospital the man had died as a result of a coronary defect.
The men were on $250,000 bail during the PI.
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