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Accused in wedding house murder gets 10 years

Feb 06, 2013 News

 

 

A unanimous vote of guilty by a 12-member mixed jury saw Chanderpaul Chateram receive a 10-year prison sentence yesterday for the murder of Gopaul Singh called ‘Porridge.’ Justice Navindra Singh summed up the case after lawyers and prosecutors presented their closing addresses before the jury deliberated.
Attorney at law Peter Hugh represented the accused while prosecutors Konyo Thompson and Dhanika Singh represented the state.  The case against Chateram was that on September 14, 2007 at Good Hope ECD, at a wedding house, he inflicted wounds on the deceased which eventually led to his demise.
The High Court matter saw several witnesses giving their testimonies including a pathologist who during a Voir Dire had indicated that the victim could have died as a result of injuries inflicted or from complications resulting from the injuries.
The prosecution said that on the day in question an altercation ensued between Singh and Chateram which resulted in a fight. The court heard that Chateram lashed Singh on the head with a bottle and then cuffed him in the face.
The deceased was hospitalized for over 40 days. He later succumbed.
Chateram’s lawyer had said the prosecution failed to make a connection between the man’s death being the result of the injury he sustained during the fight. The prosecution however relied on the pathologist and the main witness, Ronald Dhanraj ,who testified to seeing the accused inflict the injury on the deceased. He also testified that on the day of the incident, he apprehended the accused and took him to the Vigilance Police Station.

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