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Apr 13, 2017 News

Accused lashed victim about the body rendering him unconscious – eyewitness account
An eyewitness account has revealed that accused murderer, Deosaran Bisnauth, used a piece of wood and dealt the victim, Robert Mangal, called “Trevor”, lashes about the body before he collapsed to the ground unconscious.
This account was given by Karran Bharrat Chatergoon, called Manoj. The witness was called to the stand by State Prosecutors, Tuanna Hardy and Siand Dhurjon. Chatergoon recalled that the victim had taken him to a shop in the area to drink.
The man recalled that they purchased half bottle of liquor and some cigarettes from the shop. After he collected the liquor, Chatergoon said he heard the accused arguing with his friend, Mangal.
The witness said that at the time, Mangal was unarmed but Bisnauth picked up a piece of wood and dealt the man about three lashes across his back after which, Mangal fell, facedown to the ground.
The witness told the court that he quickly left the shop with his liquor in hand. Questioned, why he did not intervene, the witness said that he didn’t want to get lashes too.
“I go to the shop to drink. So when I see dat I pick up my liquor and go (along) me way,” Chatergoon added in response to questions by the Judge.
The witnesses also faced questions from Defence Counsel Bernard De Santos but he maintained his testimony.
Under questioning, the witnesses repeatedly told the court that Mangal was unarmed. The accused had claimed that Mangal attacked him with an object (a bottle) and he picked up the wood and lashed him in defence.
Mangal was allegedly murdered on July 6, 2013, at Enmore, East Coast Demerara. Bisnauth called “Strokes Mouth” was subsequently identified and arrested for the murder. According to the facts presented by the State, the two people were said to have been imbibing at a shop in Enmore, when the incident occurred.
Bisnauth’s trial commenced before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member mixed jury at the Georgetown High Court on Monday.
Earlier in the trial, shop owner, Daiwattie Guyadeen, testified that she was in her shop when two men entered. She said that she knew one of them as Manoj. The other was a stranger.
According to the woman, the men purchased a half bottle of rum and some cigarettes. The witness recalled that one of the men asked her to call a taxi.
She said that she remained behind the counter of the shop and obliged the request of the customer. According to Guyadeen, the men joined the other customers and started to drink at the shop. The woman said that some time after that she heard a ruckus outside.
Guyadeen told the court that she ventured to the bridge of her property; there she noticed that a crowd had gathered.
“When I go, I see the person that asked me to call the taxi, lying on the ground … I get frightened and run back inside because I is a pressure case…”
Guyadeen’s testimony was followed by the evidence of witnesses including Police
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