Five men were on Thursday arraigned at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court for the murder of Bheem Evans, the 54-year-old West Coast Berbice (WCB) labourer who was beaten to death on last Saturday.
Those charged are: Brian Evans, called “Black Boy”, 22, of Number 11 Village, WCB; James David, 18, a labourer of Number 12 Village, WCB; Ryan Dhanraj; Samuel Vanbrook, called “Chucky”, 22; and Leeward Chung, called “Boysie”, 22, all of Bath Settlement, WCB.
Murdered: Bheem Evans
The five accused have been charged with murder, contrary to Common Law, and were not required to plead to the indictable charge. Magistrate Peter Hugh has remanded them to prison until December 8.
It was reported that Evans, called “Lyio”, of Third Street, Number 11 Village Squatting Area, WCB, was beaten to death by a group of men at some time around 23:50h at Block D, Bath Settlement, WCB.
Reports are that Evans’s son, Tishan Persaud, 19, called “Monkey Man”, was heading home at about 20:00h on the day in question when he was confronted by four known men on a street in Block D, Bath Settlement. At the time, the men were all armed with cutlasses, ropes, and chains.
According to the young man, the men told him that his father had stolen silver and gold chains along with eight silver rings from one of them.
Persaud made a run for his life, and ended up at the home of his teenage sister, who contacted their father. After receiving news of the attack on his son, Evans rushed to the scene and began inquiring about what had transpired.
The teenager said his father was asked by the men about the missing jewellery, and he responded by saying he knew nothing of it. The men then dealt his father a sound thrashing with the cutlass and rope. According to Persaud, the men also sprayed pepper spray on his genitals and buttocks.
A Police report said that Evans was then wrapped in a rice sack and dragged about 300 feet into another street before being left to die on a grass parapet. He was later taken to the Fort Wellington Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries while receiving treatment.
Evans had been released from prison only in May of this year, after he was found not guilty on a murder charge. He is the second of eight siblings to have been murdered.
