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High profile murder trial aborted

Jun 24, 2014 News

The high profile murder trial which was underway in the Berbice High Court involved a father and son who was charged with the shooting death of a Corentyne farmer was aborted on Thursday by trial Judge Brassington Reynolds after certain allegations were made.
The judge subsequently held and inquiry following which he aborted the matter. When the matter was aborted, Ray Fraser, a brother of the deceased was on the witness stand.
On trial for murder before Justice Reynolds and a mixed jury were Khrishna, called ‘John’, 50 of Alness and Letter Kenny, Corentyne  and his son Rommel Krishna, 24, of 69 Alness Corentyne, Berbice. They are both farmers. The men were remanded back to prison where they will have to face another trial.
They were on trial for the murder of Shawn Fraser, between July 27 and July 28, 2011, at Hogstye Back dam, Corentyne, Berbice.
They were being represented by Attorney at Law, Kim Kyte-John and Mursaline Bacchus. State Prosecutor Attorney at Law Renita Singh had delivered a lengthy opening statement when the matter began.
She had stated that Shawn Fraser and his brother, Audwyn Bindah, called ‘Audwyn Fraser’, of 11 Adventure Farm Corentyne are cattle and rice farmers. On July 27, 2011, they left their home to tend to their rice field at the Hogstye back dam.
On their way they saw three men, Krishna called ‘John’;  his son Romell Krishna, called ‘Romell’ and one Bobo  plowing with a  tractor on a cross dam. The brothers made a stop opposite where the men were plowing to attend to some work. One of them then noticed the men had stopped working and were under a tree in front of the reef.
The brothers subsequently finished spraying their field and were on their way out when they saw the three men on top of a reef, each armed with a shotgun.  The men then suddenly opened fire hitting the brothers.
Audwyn managed to escape and ran some distance to where another brother, Ray Fraser, was in a nearby farm, tending to his crop.  Ray had heard what sounded like gunshots, and saw his brother Audwyn Bindha, running towards him with blood all over his body and the men with a gun each in their hands.
Ray then saw the men shoot at his brother, Audwin Bindha, who subsequently collapsed. The attackers then turned back and escaped out of the rice field. Ray in the meantime went to his brother’s assistance and saw that he was covered in blood and had holes on his back and left side chest.
Ray then made contact with a number of other siblings who converged on the scene.
One of the sisters, Kim Providence, had seen two men Romell Krishna and Kevin under a shed. The men had enquired from her the whereabouts of another brother, Jermaine, and she cursed him.
The police subsequently arrived on the scene and managed to arrest the two men. Her brother, Audwin, was rushed to the Port Mourant and then New Amsterdam Hospital.  Shawn Fraser’s body was picked up and taken to the Port Mourant Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Among those who testified during the trial were prosecution star witness Audwyn Bindah, called Audwyn Fraser, who spent five days on the witness stand.

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