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Suspects in Cuyuni beating death to be charged
At least four people are likely to appear in court this week in connection with the April 10 beating to death of Cuyuni miner John Darwin McPherson.
A police official confirmed that the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended charges but was unable to say what the charges would be.
The DPP’s office returned the report to police on Monday.
John Darwin McPherson
McPherson, 25, of Plum Park, Sophia, died on April 10, after he was allegedly abducted, bound, beaten and repeatedly drenched at Oku Backdam, Cuyuni, by a group of men who had accused him of masterminding a robbery at their camp.
The beating was allegedly carried out on the orders of a dredge owner.
A death certificate viewed by Kaieteur News gave McPherson’s cause of death as asphyxiation. It also stated that he had compression injuries to the neck.
Kaieteur News was told that the dredge owner who ordered McPherson’s abduction had caught a miner from McPherson’s camp on his claim. The crewmen allegedly relieved the intruder of a firearm, and after being beaten and interrogated, the miner reportedly identified McPherson and two others as his accomplices.
At the time, McPherson was working on another dredge owner’s camp located some 15 minutes away.
Barbara James, the slain man’s mother, had complained that police had released the suspects, although an eyewitness had pointed them out and given statements to the police.
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