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High Court murder trials commence

Jun 19, 2013 News

– Son accused killing father over ‘dope money’

 

The murder trial of Andrew Gomes began yesterday before Justice Brassington Reynolds at the Supreme Court. Gomes is accused of hacking his father, Stanislaus Gomes, to death with a cutlass after he refused to give him $200 to buy drugs.
The incident occurred on November 27, 2008, at their Waikabra, Soesdyke Linden/Highway residence.
Andrew Gomes, 29, pleaded not guilty to the indictment when it was read to him, by Justice Brassington Reynolds, when the case commenced on Monday.
A 12-member mixed jury has been enlisted.  Attorney -at –law, George Thomas is representing the accused, while state counsel Renita Singh will act on the prosecution’s behalf.
The prosecution is expected to call at least four witnesses to testify.
According to the prosecution, Junior Gomes was a drug addict and the only child of his father. The two were living on a plot of farmland located 10-minutes away from the Linden/Soesdyke highway. There, the older man, 57, cultivated vegetables which he sold to earn a living.
On the day in question, sometime around 09:00h, the accused asked his father for $200 to buy drugs but the man refused to give him any money.
The then 24-year-old man became annoyed and picked up a cutlass which he used to chop his father five times about his body, including splitting the top of his head. The man died outside of his yard.
After committing the gruesome crime, Gomes went to neighbours and told them what he had done.
He had a bloody cutlass and his shirt was spattered with blood at the time. Gomes was arrested about an hour later and the weapon was recovered. He was subsequently charged for his father’s murder.
Nephew on trial
for uncle’s murder
Meanwhile, the case of Fernando Cush, who is accused of fatally stabbing his uncle, began before Justice Navindra Singh yesterday. At least four witnesses were called to the stand.
Cush was charged for the murder of his uncle, Andrew Benjamin, in 2009. Benjamin, a 41-year-old cane cutter was knifed to death in an alleyway at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara, during an altercation, allegedly with Cush.
The accused is represented by Defence Attorney Peter Hugh and Latchmie Rahamat.  The matter is being prosecuted by state Attorney, Tishana Lake.
Benjamin, called ‘Mongoose’, of Lot 66 Friendship, East Coast Demerara, collapsed from multiple stab wounds to the upper body and succumbed before he could receive medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
Cush reportedly fled the scene, but was subsequently detained and taken to the GPHC with a wound to the head, which he said he sustained during the altercation with the victim.

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