Berbice teen pleads guilty to killing taxi driver

Feb 01, 2019 News

Dead: Deonarine Laljit

The teenager who was charged with the murder of Skeldon taxi driver Deonarine Laljit in 2016, yesterday plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter at the Berbice High Court.
He was represented by Attorney-at-law Chandra Sohan.
The matter was adjourned to the 20th February for a probation report and sentencing.

Attorney-at-law Mandel Moore is prosecuting for the State.
Laljit called “Baba” of Line Path, Corriverton, Berbice was heading home to his wife when he was stabbed by the lad who was 14 at the time that the crime was committed.
According to reports, the teen was picked up by Laljit as a passenger along the Corriverton Public Road and was allegedly stabbed in the vicinity of Baul Street, Line Path, Corriverton.
Upon stabbing Laljit, the lad who hails from No. 69 Village, exited the car and tried to make a daring escape through the said street.
The injured man, in a semi-conscious state made his way to a house located a stone’s throw from where he was stabbed, where he collapsed. The teen was later found in an abandoned house in the said village.
Kaieteur News had reported that the teenager claimed that the now dead taxi driver constantly taunted him about his sister’s divorce and personal matters.
This he told investigators angered him, leading him to take matters into his own hands.
Laljit was a father of two and the sole breadwinner of his home.