Ruling looms in Robb Street triple murder/arson case

Jan 17, 2017 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News

A ruling on whether a prima facie case has been made out against two men charged with the murders of Theresa and Feresa Rozario and their father Hilrod Thomas will be made on January 31. This announcement was made yesterday by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan who is presiding over the preliminary inquiry (PI) which is being done by paper committal.
Ganga Krishna, 72, a businessman of Lot 11 North Road, Bourda, Georgetown and his employee, Avishkar Kissoon, 24, of Lot 1 Sheriff Street, Campbellville, Georgetown are currently on remand for the capital offence.
They are being represented by Attorneys Nigel Hughes and Glenn Hanoman in association with Mursaline Bacchus respectively.
Yesterday, Police Prosecutor Neville Jeffers handed over written submissions to the court. Jeffers’s submissions were in response to submissions laid over to the court at an earlier hearing by the attorneys.
Theresa Rozario, 15, and her 12-year-old sister, Feresa Rozario, were burnt to death after an early morning fire gutted a Robb Street, Georgetown building they occupied with their father. The fatality occurred in November 2014.
The two sisters, who were reportedly asleep, were trapped in the early morning inferno. Thomas, 63, managed to jump through a window to escape the flames.
He, however, sustained second and third degrees burns and later succumbed while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
Investigations in this matter took police two-years to crack.
A drug addict reportedly confessed to police that he was offered money to set fire to the disputed building. Police believe that the building was torched to drive out individuals who were also claiming ownership of the property by prescriptive rights.
It was an emotional testimony from Clarissa Rosario, the children’s mother, which prompted the Chief Magistrate to have the PI completed by paper committal. During her testimony, the older Rozario fainted while standing in the witness box.

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