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Businessman charged for biker’s murder
After evading the law for several weeks, the sole suspect in the execution style killing of the popular biker Kirk Davis has been charged.
Randy Jagdeo, alias “Rondy Jagdeo,” yesterday appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the capital charge of murder.
Randy Jagdeo at court yesterday.
Jagdeo, emerged from a police vehicle, clad in a white T shirt and “green camouflage” pants and walked calmly into the courthouse.
Jagdeo, 27, of Lot 159 Third Street, Alexander Village, Georgetown, was not required to plead to the indictable charge.
According to the allegation, on Tuesday September 3, 2013 at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, Jagdeo murdered Kirk Davis.
Police Prosecutor Sergeant Bharat Mangru, said that Davis and the accused were close friends. Prior to the incident, the biker was seen kissing Jagdeo’s wife on her neck at Palm Court Restaurant and Bar, located at Main and Middle Streets Georgetown, he added.
Mangru told the court that about 20:30 hrs, that day, Jagdeo armed himself with a gun, and went to the home of Kirk Davis at Eccles, East Bank Demerara in a silver-coloured Allion to confront him about the reports.
The Prosecutor said that the accused called Davis out of his Seventh Street, Eccles, East Bank Demerara residence and subsequently got him to enter the back seat of the car.
The court heard that a few minutes later, Jagdeo emerged from the driver’s seat with a gun, opened the back door of the vehicle and fired several shots at Davis.
The accused then tossed Davis’s bullet riddled body out of the vehicle before driving away, according to the prosecution.
Davis was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Attorney-at-Law Marcel Bobb who provided legal representation to the accused requested an early date for the commencement of trial.
However the Magistrate informed the attorney that this would not be possible since police investigations into the matter are still in progress.
The Prosecution had asked for three weeks to conclude its investigations.
The Magistrate then informed the attorney that it is unlikely that the preliminary inquiry (PI) would start this year.
The matter was adjourned to November 21, next, for report and fixtures.
Jagdeo, a Water Street businessman, allegedly shot Davis 15 times. After the shooting, the accused was suspected to have fled the jurisdiction with some reports indicating, he was spotted in Suriname.
Police thereafter issued a wanted bulletin for the suspect, who surrendered two days ago.
Jagdeo at the time was accompanied by two Attorneys, one of whom told Kaieteur News that his client had been receiving death threats hence there are concerns about his safety.
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