Trio remanded over Highway murder

Aug 04, 2017 News

Three men were yesterday remanded to prison for the murder of Dhanpaul Dookie, whose body was found with multiple stab wounds on July 27, last, at Uitspa Village, Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

The men – Chanderpaul Persaud, 45, a farmer; Jageshwar Ghanie, 29, a seaman, and Harrilall Ramdhan, 52, also a farmer, all of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, were not required to plead to the indictable charge which alleged that between July 24 and 27, they murdered Dhanpaul Dookie, during the course of a robbery. The unrepresented men were remanded to prison until August 7, by Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty.

They will then appear before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.

One of the men was previously charged for murder, but was discharged on that offence. Another one of them has an attempted murder charge pending in the High Court, and the third was charged with several lesser criminal offences.

The body of Dhanpaul Dookie, also called ‘Pauline’, was found around 08.00 hrs with multiple stab wounds on Thursday, July 27, 2017. It is believed that he may have been slain since Monday, July 24. Detectives received information that three men, who worked with a businessman from the same area, had disappeared at around the same time that the killing occurred.
Police from ‘C’ Division assisted in tracking down the suspects. When they were finally arrested, the alleged killers had already spent the cash they had allegedly stolen from Dookie.

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