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Black Bush Polder murder accused walks free
Following the no case submission by Defence Attorney, Mursaline Bacchus, the four men who were on trial for the murder of Black Bush Polder resident, Jeewanlall Deonarine, called ‘Bingle’, 49, have been freed.
Deonarine of Lesbeholden; South Black Bush Polder, was killed on October 5, 2013. The matter was discharged by Magistrate Rhondell Weaver on Monday at the conclusion of the preliminary inquiry which was conducted in the Mibicuri Magistrate’s Court, Black Bush Polder.
The four men on trial were Carlton Chaitram, 37, of Mibicuri, South Black Bush Polder; Nazim Azimulla, 42, of Johanna South, Black Bush Polder; Rajesh Singh, 38, and Kumar Mangru, 17, of Lesbeholden, North Black Bush Polder.
Chaitram and Azimulla, were represented by Attorney- at- Law Mursalene Bacchus while the two other accused, Singh and Mangru, were represented by Senior Council Bernard De Santos.
Attorney Bacchus submitted that there was no case for his clients to answer. He stated that under cross examination the main prosecution witness changed his story drastically. He said that he did not see what happened.
The witness was detained by the police and made to sign a statement. He had also admitted under cross examination during the initial confrontation that he did not see anything.
The magistrate in handing down her decision found that the evidence was manifestly unreliable. She thus had no other alternative than to discharge the matter.
According to the Prosecution, Deonarine a labourer, had left his residence around 20:15hrs on the day in question in a car PFF 8720, with a group of men to buy cigarettes from a neighbouring shop. At the time his family was hosting a farewell party. At the shop an altercation ensued between Deonarine’s group and another group of men. That group was allegedly armed with knives and cutlasses.
During the altercation Deonarine was allegedly pounced upon and battered to death.
The police eventually turned up and scoured the area. They found Deonarine’s body on the Lesbeholden Public Road. A post mortem examination was performed on the body, showed that the man died from a fractured skull.
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