Says after confessing to beating a 56-year-old Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD) businesswoman to death, a 14-year-old boy was on Tuesday charged, along with his 24-year-old accomplice, for the murder.
The two murder accused being escorted out of the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday morning
The duo appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court to face the joint charge.
The teenager and his accomplice, Devanand Rampersaud, a fisherman of Rosignol, West Bank Berbice, were not required to plead to the indictable charge, which was read to them in-camera by Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul.
Rampersaud was remanded to the Camp Street Prison, while the 14-year-old mastermind was sent to the Juvenile Holding Centre in Sophia. They will make their next court appearance on November 14 when the matter will be called at the Mahaicony Magistrate’s Court.
The lifeless body of Bibi Nesha Shairoon, of Lot 6 Novar, Mahaicony, was found by her nephew on October 17 with her hands and feet bound.
The two suspects on Saturday evening reportedly gave a detailed statement to detectives on how they committed the murder. The duo allegedly admitted to beating the woman in her head with a frying pan.
It was reported that after the duo entered the woman’s house, she put up a fight and was struck to the head repeatedly with the frying pan. She subsequently fainted.
The 14-year-old boy, who was apparently in tears as he was being escorted out of the courtroom in shackles on Tuesday morning, was reportedly familiar with the woman’s home as he worked with her, cleaning her yard and performing other labour duties. It was reported that on the night of the murder, the teenager told the fisherman that he had a job for them to complete and was taken to the woman’s house. From reports received, the teenager had gone to the woman’s house earlier in the night and removed several boards to gain access to the home. After reaching the woman’s house between 23:00h and midnight, the teenager crawled into the house through the opening and opened the back door for the other suspect to enter. The woman was reportedly sitting on a chair in her bedroom and upon realising that she was still awake, the bandits confronted her, demanding money.
Shairoon reportedly handed over a bag containing $300,000 and asked them to spare her life, but they were not satisfied and proceeded to tie her up, but she put up a fight in the process. It was at this point, she was struck to the head with the frying pan. After killing the woman, the duo told investigators, they left the scene and split the loot. The elder of the two suspects then allegedly returned to Berbice to pay his debt to a drug dealer. The teenager was, however, arrested a few hours after the woman’s body was found with her hands and feet bound and mouth gagged. The second suspect was arrested one day after Police received information about his whereabouts and his possible involvement in the murder.
