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Boat maker charged with killing, burying uncle in shallow grave
Murder Accused: Rondel Edwards
Murder Accused: Lennox Baharally
A man accused of killing his uncle and burying him in a shallow grave was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the capital offence of murder, and made an appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in a City Court.
Lennox Baharally, 34, a father of three, and Rondel Edwards, 19, both of Region Two were jointly charged with murdering his uncle Mohamed Abdool Shameer on April 26 at Jacklow, Pomeroon.
Baharally is a boat maker and Edwards is an apprentice boat maker. It was reported Shameer, a farmer, left his home on April 25, in a paddle boat to visit a friend. He was reportedly on his way back home in the boat when he was run over by a larger boat reportedly piloted by Baharally. The nephew and two other persons including Edwards were allegedly in that boat.
However, it is alleged that after the collision occurred Shameer’s body was pulled out of the water and later found buried in a shallow grave.
Yesterday Attorney Jerome Khan who is representing the accused highly criticized a daily newspaper of “sensationalist-style reporting”. He said that his clients did not kill the man and that it was an unfortunate matter.
According to Khan, a boat collision had occurred and that his clients had no intentions of killing the man. He expressed shock that a murder charge was laid against Edwards and Baharally. He said that there is no evidence to charge them for the indictable offence.
Khan explained that Baharally was sailing the boat when the mishap occurred. He said that his clients rescued Shameer after the incident but instead of taking the injured man to the hospital they took him to a river bank.
“It was a boating mishap. This happens all the time,” Khan pointed out.
The lawyer signaled his intention of filing High Court action and taking any other course of justice.
Police Prosecutor, Inspector Neville Jeffers said that the police file is still incomplete. He stated that the post mortem report and a statement from the investigating rank are still outstanding.
The Chief Magistrate remanded both men to prison and transferred the matter to the Charity Magistrate’s Court for August 15.
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Our learned lawyer says it is not murder. It was merely an accident. Guess what the young men who visited the sea walls with their friend and left with out contacting any person about his disappearance should be held responsible as well. Not sure if we should call that murder but they did not report it and tried to hide the evidence as well.. We need to do everything in our power to stamp out such irresponsible behaviour.