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Ex-policeman, accomplice to face judge and jury for killing Corentyne businessman.
Former policeman, Elton Haynes, known as “Bush Bull”, and “Ton,” 23, of Manchester, Corentyne,
Carlton Bourne
Berbice and Carlton Akeem Bourne of Whim Village Corentyne, Berbice, have been committed to stand trial in the next session of the Berbice High Court.
The men are accused of murdering businessman Winston Ragnauth. The victim was discovered dead on November 7, 2012. Ragnauth, called ‘Tony’, of Lot 2 North Whim Public Road, Corentyne; Berbice was found with his throat slit at his home at Whim, Corentyne, after his grocery shop had been broken into.
The men were on trial before Magistrate Rabindranath Singh at the Whim Magistrate’s Court where a preliminary inquiry was conducted and the Magistrate ruled that a prima facie case was made out.
Haynes, who was serving a jail time on a charge of escaping from lawful custody, was arrested and was in custody being questioned for the gruesome murder of Ragnauth when he jumped through a window, scaled the fence and escaped. He was recaptured after being shot and injured.
Haynes was a member of the Police Mounted and Canine branch.
The case for the prosecution presented by Sergeant Althea Solomon was that between Wednesday November 6, and Thursday November 7, 2012 while in company with others, Haynes and Bourne murdered Winston Ragnauth.
The police had issued an arrest warrant for Bourne, who was nabbed about a year later at Agricola.
Ragnauth was robbed prior to his death and one of the bandits had served a jail term for the robbery.
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