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Beverly Persaud and the man she allegedly hired to kill her husband, Nathan Persaud, a block
Oswald Junior Yaw
maker, were committed to stand trial at the High Court in Georgetown.
Persaud, 47, formerly of Lot 56 Diamond New Scheme, East Bank Demerara and Oswald Junior Yaw, also known as Leow, of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown are accused of killing Nathan Persaud back in September 10, 2015.
The killing allegedly stemmed from an agreement that saw Beverly Persaud promising Yaw money, as an inducement for him to consider causing the death of her husband.
A preliminary inquiry into the offence concluded yesterday before City Magistrate Judy Latchman with a testimony from Mitchell Caesar, head of the Major Crimes Investigations Unit.
City Magistrate Judy Latchman ruled that after a revision of the evidence led by Police Prosecutor Shawn Gonsalves, the court was of the opinion that a prima facie case was established against the two murder accused.
In his closing remarks, Prosecutor Gonsalves told the court that he relied on caution statements and oral statements given by the accused which the court ruled were freely and voluntarily given.
Through the caution statements and oral statement, the prosecutor asserted that the two murder accused implicated themselves in the commission of the crime.
Beverly Persaud and Yaw will go before a judge and jury at the next sitting of the Demerara Assizes.
Nathan Persaud was found lying face down in the living room of his Lot 66 Herstelling, East Bank Demerara home. His body bore a stab wound to his chest and the back of his head was bashed in.
Police recovered a hammer, two knives and a piece of rock, all of which had blood stains from the crime scene.
Beverly Persaud was arrested and interrogated by police hours after her husband was killed. She reportedly confessed to orchestrating the plot to end the life of her estranged spouse and allegedly hired Yaw and promised him $1.7M.
After the father of four was killed, a strange man, now believed to be Yaw, was reportedly seen leaving his yard.
Beverly and her husband had been separated for some time prior to his death. It is alleged that the killing might have stemmed from a property dispute between the couple that was engaging the courts.
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