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Kildonan farmer committed for allegedly burning father to death

Nov 30, 2018 News

A 51-year-old farmer’s fate will be determined before a judge and jury at the Berbice High Court after he was committed yesterday by Magistrate Charlyn Artiga at the Mibicuri Magistrate Court for manslaughter.
Collin Ross is accused of burning his 84-year-old father to death in their home at Kildonan Village. He was represented by legal aid Attorney Sasha Roberts.
The case was prosecuted by Inspector Phillip Sheriff.
According to initial reports, Rudolph Ross, a pensioner of lot 14 Kildonan Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was burnt to death in his home on April 10, 2017. The inferno which reportedly started in the kitchen quickly engulfed to the two-storey concrete structure while the senior Ross was still trapped inside.
It was while he was fighting to escape the blaze through a heavily grilled front window leading to his veranda, that he succumbed to the smoke and heat.
A kerosene bottle was found at the scene, and this was reportedly an indication that it was the substance that was used to set the house alight.
Collin Ross, Rudolph Ross’s son and former member of the Guyana Police Force, who had re-migrated to Guyana some time ago, was residing with his father in the three-bedroom house. He was arrested the very next day and questioned.
In the beginning the accused had an alibi, but upon checking into the alibi given investigators found that the man’s explanations were not “adding up”.
He reportedly continued to give authorities conflicting reports, and investigators in Berbice with the help of the Force’s Major Crimes Unit gathered what they determined was enough evidence to institute charges.

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