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Murder accused freed

Jan 24, 2013 News

The accused in the Don Robin Number 19 Farm murder trial was on Tuesday discharged after Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo upheld the defence no case submission and discharged the matter at the end of the Preliminary Inquiry which was being conducted in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.
On trial for murder was Seethal Samaroo, 38, of Lot 279 No 2 Village East Canje Berbice. The man was on trial for the murder of 71-year- old security guard, Karamchand ‘Guru’ Panchoo, of Lot 24 Section ‘C’, Nigg Settlement, Corentyne, between May 13 and May 14, 2012.
Panchoo was a father of five.
The prosecution was forced to close its case after its main witness failed to show up for the trial despite repeated efforts to contact the man who had told investigators that he had witnessed the killing.
The Magistrate had warned the prosecution that it would have to close its case if the witness did not turn up for the trial. The preliminary inquiry began in June and a number of witnesses were called.
Samaroo was accused of killing the elderly watchman who was on duty at his place of employ at the ‘Tej’s Fowl Farm, Don Robin, Number 19 Village, East Coast Berbice.
Panchoo had been working at the farm for over eight years. His relatives had stated that on the day in question they received a telephone call around 07:45 hrs from someone at the farm informing them that he had died.
They immediately rushed to the scene where they found the victim lying face down with blood oozing from behind his neck. He also had cuts and chops about his face and other parts of his body.
Another guard was on duty during the night. Samaroo was picked out at an identification parade. A Post Mortem report conducted by Forensic Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh stated that the 71-year-old suffered wounds to the face and other parts of the head while there was an incised wound to the skull.
The matter was prosecuted by Corporal Orin Joseph while the defendant was represented by Rodwell Jugmohan and Kim Kyte.

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