Two accused plead guilty to manslaughter in Bath arson/murder

Dec 03, 2020 News

Kaieteur News – Two men, who were part of a gang back in 2016 that caused terror by executing two brutal murders within days on the West Coast of Berbice, have pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.
Rooplall Abrahim, called ‘Vijai,’ 24, of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice and Gocoul Madanpaul, called ‘Clown,’ 18, of 175 Block B, Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, are on trial before Justice Brassington Reynolds in the Berbice High Court for the gruesome murder of Anita Baichan.
The crime was committed in 2016 at Plantation Hope/Bath, West Coast Berbice.
Abrahim had pleaded guilty before the trial began but Madanpaul had opted to go to trial. However, when the matter began the man decided to change his plea.
A probation report was ordered and sentencing has been deferred.
The case for the prosecution as presented by State Prosecutor, attorney-at-law Abigail Gibbs, is that Abrahim and Madanpaul murdered Baichan in the course of a furtherance of arson in relation to a dwelling house.
It was reported that the two men entered the home and held up Baichan and her son Moshim Khan as they demanded cash and jewellery.
The bandits, one armed with a cutlass and the other with two knives, tied and gagged the woman and her son. They handed over $250,000 and some silver jewellery, but the bandits demanded more.
After robbing the woman and her son, the bandits set the house on fire. The woman, whose hands and feet were bound with duct tape, could not escape the burning building.
The bandits had confessed to entering Baichan house since around 02: 00 hrs. before committing the crime around 04:00 hrs.
Abrahim was charged on several occasions, including a case for the rape/murder of a 13-year-old girl when he was 16.
Abrahim, who was hiding out by the seaside after the incident, was captured days after in the swampy area by police using boats and a number of recruits.
The preliminary inquiry was conducted by Magistrate Rondell Weever in the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court.
During their preliminary inquiry, the men showed no remorse and had even showed their middle finger to the media on a number of occasions.
The mother of one of the accused was also jailed for seven days during the Preliminary Inquiry for disorderly behaviour in court.

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