Latest update December 19th, 2024 3:22 AM
Trio charged with $10M Lethem heist/murder
Three persons, a woman included, have been charged with last Friday’s deadly heist, which took place at the Lethem Post Office, Rupununi. 
Alvin Kissoon, of 395 Caneville, Grove, East Bank Demerara, Calvin King of 280 Savage Street, North East La Penitence and Terrisha Lovell of 96 Campbellville Housing Scheme, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine Beharry, yesterday on a joint allegation of murder and robbery.
The charge states that between January 18 and 19 they murdered Security officer, John Christopher Friday, during a robbery at the Lethem Post Office and Accounts Office, and thereafter carted off $9,878,796.
The unrepresented trio was not required to enter pleas to the indictable charges.
Prosecutor Burgette Grant provided the court with the prosecution’s facts of the case. Grant said between the reported dates of the incident, the accused entered the Post Office and Accounts Department at Lethem. They allegedly tied up and physically brutalised two on-duty security officers, one of whom succumbed to the injuries he sustained as a result of the beating.
The accused were later apprehended by the police. The stolen cash, a quantity of phone cards and other articles linked to the scene of the crime were recovered in their possession.
Police reports had revealed that two men entered the compound of the Regional Democratic Council at Lethem at around 2:00 hours. The armed men attacked the two defenseless watchmen on duty. The police said that the attackers assaulted the watchmen after which they were bound and pieces of cloth were stuffed in their mouths.
The two men then broke into five safes using a cutting torch.
Police later discovered the body of one security identified as John Friday of Culvert City, Lethem, while the other watchman was severely injured. The injured guard was later admitted to the Lethem Hospital.
Following the discovery, all police divisions were notified and later that day police ranks at the Mabura checkpoint stopped and searched a motor car during which over $4M was found hidden under the rear seat.
Two men and a woman were in the vehicle and were afterward detained a police press release had stated.
Subsequent to their appearance at the courthouse, all three accused were remanded until March 5. Their case is scheduled to come up at the Lethem Magistrate’s court on that date.
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