Alleged ‘hit-man’ to stand trial for murder of businessman’s wife

Jul 05, 2013 News

After two Preliminary Inquiries, alleged hit-man Troy Green will have to stand trial for the murder of hairdresser Bibi Rafeena Saymar three years ago.

Accused: Troy Green

Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs, who was conducting the second preliminary hearing in the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court, ruled late last month that there was enough evidence against the accused.
Green was represented in an earlier Preliminary Inquiry by Attorney-at-Law Mishka Puran, but was unrepresented this time around.
The victim, a 23-year-old hairdresser, was found lying on the floor of her two-bedroom flat at Hague, West Coast Demerara, on Saturday, May 29, 2010. She had been stabbed eleven times and died before she could receive medical attention.
Police subsequently arrested Green, of Howes Street, Charlestown, as well as the slain woman’s 55-year-old husband, Canada-based Guyanese Dennis Persaud. Police alleged that Persaud had paid Green, who was 22 at the time, to kill his wife.
They were subsequently charged with murder and committed to stand trial. Persaud was represented by Attorney-at-Law Vicramadictya ‘Vic’ Puran, who died in October 2012, while Mishka Puran represented Green.
‘Vic’ Puran subsequently filed a High Court motion to have the case quashed and Persaud was freed last year after Chief Justice Ian Chang ruled that the court lacked sufficient evidence to charge him. The Canada-based man reportedly left Guyana shortly after.

Murdered: Bibi Rafeena Saymar

Chief Justice Chang also ordered that the other accused, Troy Green, be subjected to a new preliminary inquiry.
During the first hearing, Green’s attorney had alleged that Green was beaten into confessing to the murder.