Voir Dire underway in trial for murder of Pike St. businessman

May 16, 2017 News

Justice Navindra Singh is expected to make a ruling on the admissibility of a statement obtained by the police during investigations into the murder of Pike Street Businessman, Ashok Raghoo.
A voir dire is currently underway in the murder trial ongoing at the Georgetown High Court.
The businessman was shot and killed following a robbery which occurred at Vlissengen Road in the vicinity of the Botanical Gardens on August 18, 2014.
Raghoo of Pike Street, Campbellville, was shot in the chest, while his wife, Shyrazadi Raghoo, was shot in the thigh by two gunmen on a motorcycle, who cornered them at the Vlissengen and Regent Roads.
The robbers escaped with a bag containing an undisclosed sum of cash and the slain man’s licensed firearm. Travis McDougall of East La Penitence, Georgetown was charged with the murder.
Justice Singh is presiding over his trial at the High Court.
The accused is being represented by Attorney Nigel Hughes while State Prosecutors, Tuanna Hardy and Siand Dhurjon, are presenting the case.
On Thursday, State witness Dirk Bess testified that the couple’s car had stopped parallel to his vehicle when the occupants were attacked.
A scuffle had ensued between a gunman and the driver and then there was an explosion.
The witness recounted that there was a second explosion before the gunman escaped with something in his hand.
Bess told the court that the man with the gun was “thin built and he ran and jumped on to the back of a motorcycle with another male who had a little more size.”
The witness said that he waited until the men rode off before he could get out of his car and render assistance to the injured persons.
He said however that he could not adequately identify the shooters.

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