Latest update June 1st, 2026 12:37 AM
Police shoot at seven discharged Vigilante murder accused
There was chaos and confusion in the Whim Magistrate’s court on Wednesday when the remaining seven accused in the vigilante murder trial were discharged by Magistrate Rabindranath Singh.
The men elated with the freedom dashed out of the court down the steps skipping sections of the stairway to get to the bottom as fast as possible, into the court yard and across the road. The men allegedly joined a car which sped off.
The sudden upheaval caused armed police outside to think that the men were escaping and a chase ensued. It is alleged that shots were fired. It was a while after that the cops were informed that the men were freed.
The car was left abandoned somewhere in Port Mourant while broken glasses and blood was evident. The men have not been seen since.
The men who were charged with the vigilante murder of Corentyne resident, Alfred Munroe, called “Guana Man”, 45, of Manchester, Corentyne, which occurred on Thursday April 9, last at Bound Yard, Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice.
They were Randolph Samuel called ‘Rudy’ 22; Aris Cecil, 21, of Port Mourant; Richard Griffith called ‘Buck Head’ 19; Michael Lewis called ‘Mickey’ 31, and Khruhnaraj Jagdeo, 47, all of Rose Hall Town Corentyne. Two others were subsequently charged- Jameer Akdulalsy called ‘Buck Bull’ 24 of Lot 116 Free yard Port Mourant and Darlun Anthony Trim, of 113 Free Yard Port Mourant.
The defence which was conducted by Mursalene Bacchus for the number one accused, in association with Samjeev Datadin, who also appeared for the other accused. Charles Ramson Jr. also appeared for the number six accused. The number seven and eight accused were unrepresented.
The prosecution which is being led by Corporal Sherlock King called nine witnesses including police officers Detective Corporals Primus Sam and Andrew Ward and Detective Constables Eustace Leitch and Emanuel Ragnauth,
Lawrence Gray, the son of the deceased, and civilian witnesses, Milton Ramphal, Nizam Khan and Shazeena Khan who testified to seeing the accused beating the deceased. Dr. Vivekananda Brijmohan testified to his findings.
The case for the prosecution was that on the day in question the men were alleged to have beaten Munroe and one Annie Persaud called “Short Hair 18 of Rose Hall, Corentyne and tied them with rope before placing them in the trunk of a car and diving away. The incident allegedly took place around 07:30hrs.
It is understood as the beating was taking place, passersby objected and urged the perpetrators to take the two badly injured persons to the nearest police station which was a stone throw away at the Rose Hall Town Outpost. However the perpetrators refused and dumped the victims in their car trunk and sped away.
When ranks arrived on the scene and were told what transpired the police went in search of the car and intercepted the vehicle at Williamsburg, Corentyne and found Munroe and Persaud in the trunk of the vehicle tied with rope and with visible signs of injuries about their bodies.
They were taken to the Port Mourant Hospital where Munroe succumbed to his injuries while Persaud was treated and sent away.
Persaud has since died following an accident on Sunday June 30 at Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice.
But after the verdict yesterday, the family of Munroe is very dissatisfied at the verdict.
Munroe’s sister, Marietha Munroe was furious. “These men were caught red handed—they beat my brother in the car trunk and still this man has the nerve to say that he didn’t have enough evidence to link these men to the murder!” she complained.
“Their families were well aware that they were coming out…their families were out there waiting for them outside!”
She said that the system is not fair. “This court is not a court for justice! The Magistrate decided he can do what he wants! Who don’t have money, they will pay the penalty and suffer. I want to know how they didn’t have enough evidence! This is not suspected murder! This was red- handed catch!”
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