Two more witnesses testify in Mahaica farmer murder trial

Feb 19, 2014 News

Seeta Bishundial concluded her portion of evidence in the trial, in which Shawn Thom and Orin David called ‘Plait Hair’ or ‘Malik’ are facing Justice Franklyn Holder and a mixed 12-member jury on murder charges.
The witness, who is said to have been present at the time when her cousin, Lakhram Bishundial was fatally shot, was cross-examined by attorneys-at- law Trenton Lake and George Thomas.
Yesterday Seeta Bishundial told the court that two persons carried out the robbery that left her cousin dead. She told the Attorneys that she looked away from the attackers during the ordeal.
“I could only see the back of the person who had the gun … I saw nothing really of the person on the motorcycle. I caught a fleeting glimpse of him from behind. She identified one of the assailants by braided hair down to his shoulder, which she said she saw via a rear-view mirror.
“ (It was) a negro man with cap pulled in front of his face, he was medium built…. I did not look at his face”
When asked by Attorney-at-Law, George Thomas whether she forgot to mention anything before, concerning her journey from Georgetown to Hope, East Coast Demerara, Bishundial noted that she forgot to mention that her cousin had stopped for gas at a pump station at Victoria .
Bishundial had told the court that she had accompanied her cousin Totaram to Georgetown to purchase items for his wedding. While they were returning home, Totaram and Lakhram met each other at the junction of Hope Canal. The two engaged in a brief conversation, during which an unidentified man came up to them and demanded money. He had a gun, the man reportedly shot Lakhram.
In addition to her evidence, witness Alec Barratt, a security guard who was attached to the Victoria Gas Station, took the stand.
Barratt recalled that he was on duty at the Victoria Gas Station, when he heard a crashing sound. The witness said that upon checking, he saw a burgundy pickup truck pinning a man on a motorcycle to a fence. He immediately reported it to his superiors. The witness could not identify the person that was being pinned to the fence.
The next witness, Police Corporal Kester Moriah told the court that he visited the crime scene on the day of the incident. Moriah recalled that he arrested Shawn Thom and took him to the Cove and John Police station.
Lakhram Bishundial, a 35-year-old rice farmer from De Hoop, Mahaica, was shot on August 20, 2010, during a robbery. He was rushed to the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival several hours later. A post mortem examination conducted by state Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh, concluded that the man died as a result of a perforated liver and spleen, owing to the injuries he received.
The two accused were later arrested and charged with murder.

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