Unemployed man charged with killing Corentyne mason

Jan 17, 2019 News

A 28-year-old man appeared at the Number 51 Magistrate’s Court for a killing his friend and drinking buddy.

Charged: Dharmendra Sewpersaud

Dharmendra Sewpersaud, of Number 70 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was charged with the murder of Narindradat Bhawan called “Altaf” or “Mice”, a 21-year-old mason of the said village.
It is alleged that on Wednesday January 9, last, at Number 70 Village, Berbice, Sewpersaud murdered Bhawan.
He was not required to plead to the indictable charge, and was not represented by an attorney. Sewpersaud is set to make his next court appearance before Magistrate Alex Moore on February 21, 2019 at the Springlands Magistrate Court.
Sewpersaud and another man were arrested just a day after the murder took place. Investigating ranks from the Springlands Police Station, acted promptly on information that the suspect and a friend were at Fyrish Village. The cops swooped down on them and brought both men in custody.
The unemployed man reportedly confessed to the crime while under intense interrogation. He admitted to hitting Bhawan to the head, when he subsequently collapsed.
Bhawan’s body was found on the parapet of the Number 70 Village Public road by a passerby. The individual immediately informed the relatives of the young man. When the relatives showed up he was reportedly still breathing at the time but had a visible swelling to his left side temple and was frothing from his mouth.
He was rushed to the Skeldon Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Dead: Narendradat Bhawan

An uncle with whom the dead man lived told reporters that the suspect had showed up at his house three times asking for Bhawan, prior to his death. He had told him that he gave Bhawan $5000 to purchase a bottle of alcohol but he could not locate him.
The suspect wanted the uncle to refund him the $5000 but after the man refused, the suspect began to argue and then made a worrying statement.
“He seh if he reach (Bhawan) before we, he go kill am”. Both the suspect and the deceased were friends and often imbibed together.
This raised questions and suspicions in the minds of the investigators who subsequently cracked the case.
A post mortem examination that was conducted on the body was inconclusive.

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