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US-based Guyanese committed to stand trial for wife’s murder
Guyana-born United States citizen Ramdhanie Persaud, called ‘Prakash’ or ‘Prak’, who is accused of killing his wife of more than 27 years, Bibi Shameena Deen was yesterday committed to stand trial in the next sitting of the Berbice Criminal Assizes.
At the conclusion of a Preliminary Inquiry that was held at the Reliance Magistrate’s Court, Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo ruled that a prima facie case had been made out against the 47-year-old Persaud.
The man allegedly murdered his wife on Tuesday 20th March, 2012.
Ramdhanie Persaud, called ‘Prakash’
It is alleged that Persaud fatally shot the woman during a dispute at their Lot 1071 New Area Canefield, East Canje home at around 23:00 hrs on the night in question. The woman who operated a shop at the home was found with bullet wounds to the head and chest.
Persaud reportedly fled the home while the victim’s 13-year-old son was attempting to summon help after hearing his mother’s screams. The couple had two sons’ aged 13 and 16.
The man had denied that he killed his wife. He had told investigators that he was away all day at his farm and when he came home during the night he heard that his wife died and that people were saying that he had shot and killed her. He became afraid and ran away and hid in the bushes. He subsequently gave himself up in the company of his lawyer Mursaliene Bacchus.
A post mortem revealed that the woman was shot at close range in the head and chest. The cause of death was given as shock and hemorrhage due to gunshot injuries, laceration to the brain and a fractured skull.
The man who lives in the United States would return home on a regular basis. He was previously placed on a one-year bond, after he had been charged for assaulting the woman.
The Prosecution which was conducted by Corporal Orin Joseph called 11 witnesses, including the couple’s son who was the prosecution’s star witness, and five police officers.
During the trial, the defence and prosecution clashed on several occasions and on one such occasion the matter was referred to the High Court.
Defence attorney Bacchus had submitted that no case was made out against his client and tried to discredit the prosecution’s star witness. Prosecutor Joseph had countered that there was enough evidence presented and that at no time did the defence discredit the prosecution’s story.
The alleged murder weapon was subsequently found at a residence in New Forest following police investigations.
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