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Corentyne man pleads guilty to killing friend, 86, who refused to give him money
A Corentyne man who is on trial for the murder of 86 year old Fitz Hubert called “Grandfather or “Uncle Grimese, has pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter. He is on trial before Justice Brassington Reynolds in the Berbice High Court.
Pleads to manslaughter: Lincoln Odell
Lincoln Odell, called “Shadow”, 26, confessed to killing Hubert. The act was done during a robbery on June 2, 2017, at the pensioner’s home at Race Course Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice.
The facts of the case were presented by State Prosecutor attorney at Law Seeta Bishundial. She told the court that Odell was a regular visitor to Grimes’s home. On the day in question, he visited the premises. The pensioner and his caretaker and the caretaker’s 11-year-old son were at home.
The caretaker subsequently went out and Odell went upstairs to where the pensioner was. The child followed Odell upstairs and saw the culprit in the process choking the elderly man with one hand whilst cuffing him in his face with another.
The child ran down stairs whilst shouting for murder. He told his father what he saw. Neighbours subsequently saw Odell coming out of the house with blood on his hands.
He then called out to neighbours for help saying that Grimes fell. The accused was subsequently apprehended.
A Post-Mortem examination gave the cause of death as manual strangulation. The deceased also suffered a fractured right collar bone, bruises to the neck and other parts of the body.
The accused told Police that he went and asked Grimes for a ‘raise’ but instead the elderly man told him to find a job. He got vex and began beating the deceased. Odell was represented by state appointed attorney, Siand Dhurjon.
Meanwhile, a probation report was ordered by Justice Reynolds before sentence is pronounced.
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