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Psychiatric evaluation ordered after man pleads guilty to murder
Psychiatric evaluation has been ordered pending the sentence of murder accused, Gilbert Gill, called
Gilbert Gill
called ‘Bizen Bull’
“Bizen Bull.”
Gill pleaded guilty to the capital offence after he appeared before Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire at the Georgetown High Court, last week.
The allegation is that Gill murdered Khemraj Dass called ‘Lakeram Dass’ or ‘Lako,’ between July 7 and July 10, 2012. Gill is said to have brutally murdered his fellow crew member, before tossing his body overboard. Gill reportedly confessed to slashing the throat of the 42 year -old seaman before tossing his body overboard.
According to reports, the two men were on board a barge that was destined to carry lumber to a timber grant at Yaruni, Demerara River, when they were engaged in a confrontation.
The captain (Gill’s father) reported that he went to sleep leaving the two men awake.
The man said that when he arose from his sleep, he inquired from his son about Lako’s whereabouts and was told that he had been killed.
Gill reportedly told his father “What you asking me about ‘Lako?’ I give he two lash, cut he throat and shove he overboard.”
Attorney at Law Madan Kissoon is providing legal counsel to Gill while State Prosecutor Diana Kaulesar is on record for the State. The accused is set to undergo mental evaluation prior to sentencing on May 7. A probation report has also been ordered.
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