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Seven on trial for Meten-Meer-Zorg shopkeeper’s murder
Justice Navindra Singh is presently presiding over the trial of seven persons, including a woman, who are accused of a 2013 murder which occurred on West Coast Demerara.
The seven murder accused during an appearance at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court in 2014
The murder accused are Allan Dorsett, called ‘Baird’, ‘Fat man’, ‘Allen’ or ‘Dada’; Delwayne Croft; Esan Lawrence called ‘Muscle’; Jermain Williams, called ‘Yankee’; Andrew Chandler called ‘Sonic’ or ‘Sowie’; Samuel Bacchus called ‘Kirk’ and Casindra Dorsett also known as ‘Cassandra Singh-Dorsett’.
It is alleged that on September 10, 2013, they murdered Zulfiker Namdar, called ‘Vickey’ in the course or furtherance of a robbery. They have all pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Based on previous reports, on September 10, 2013, heavily armed gunmen stormed Namdar’s home at Lot 76 Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara.
While there, it is reported that the men shot and killed him before escaping with a large sum of cash and jewelery. An injured Namdar who was later discovered by his parents lying in a pool of blood inside the shop he operated was rushed to the Leonora Cottage Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Attorneys-at-Law Nigel Hughes and Ashley Henry are appearing for Allan Dorsett. Attorney-at-Law Adrian Thompson is appearing for Lawrence, Croft and Casindra Dorsett, while Attorney-at-Law George Thomas is representing Williams, Chandler and Bacchus.
Presenting the case for the prosecution are State Counsel Tuanna Harding and Abigail Gibbs. So far, the parents of the deceased were among the witnesses called by the prosecution. During her time in the witness box, Namdar’s mother, who was emotional, recounted that he was her only child.
The mother recounted how gunmen stormed her home and gun-butted her before she found her son lying in a pool of blood inside the shop. As for
MURDERED: Zulfiker Namdar
the deceased’s father, he told the court that on the night of the attack he went to use the bathroom. Shortly after, he heard loud gunshots coming from outside.
The father told the court how he hid in a bedroom from where he heard one of the gunmen conversing with his wife. Both of them testified that they could not recognize any of the men who invaded their home.
In court, both parents pointed out Chandler, whom they testified to knowing for decades.
This trial is continuing at the High Court in Georgetown.
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