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Six years later…Captains in Mazaruni River crash that left 10 dead listed for trial
The captains of the two boats that were involved in a collision on January 22, 2013 in the Mazaruni River, which left 10 persons dead, have been listed to go on trial for manslaughter.
They will appear at the upcoming session of the Essequibo criminal assizes which opens tomorrow at the High Court in Essequibo.
DEAD: Keanu Amsterdam
DEAD: Deon Moses
DEAD: Zahir Baksh
According to information published by the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Judicature, Devon Thomas, called ‘Beast’ and Cabesh Persaud, called ‘Dube,’ have each been indicted on 10 counts of manslaughter, the crime of killing a human being without malice aforethought, or in circumstances not amounting to murder.
Those that perished were Deon Moses, Ulrick Grimes, Christopher Ramnarine, Zahir Baksh, Brazilian National Francisco Olivera Alves, Kevon Ambrose, Keanu Amsterdam and his brother Ricky Bobb, Jermanie Calisto, and Jewan Seeram.
It is alleged that on January 22, 2013, while being the captains of two travelling speedboats, Thomas and Persaud, killed 10 occupants who had been on board the vessels in an incident that occurred at Crab Falls in the Mazaruni River.
According to reports, Thomas, the captain of the vessel called ‘Matheran’ which was carrying 13 persons and Persaud, the captain of another vessel called ‘Dube’, carrying six passengers, were traversing at Crab Falls in the Mazaruni River, when the boats collided, resulting in the death of 10 persons.
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