Attempted murder of La Penitence Market elderly couple

…Police Lance Corporal expected to testify

A Lance Corporal attached to the Ruimveldt Police Station will today take the stand before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to give evidence in an alleged attempted murder case involving an elderly couple, which occurred at the La Penitence Market earlier this year.
The accused, Dason Jupiter, who has been arraigned on one count of robbery-under-arms and two counts of discharging a loaded firearm, was on Thursday further remanded to prison after the rank failed to make an appearance.
It has been reported that on April 2, 2018, while at Saffron Street, Georgetown, Jupiter discharged a loaded firearm at Dodnauth Danasri with intent to cause him actual bodily harm.
It is further alleged that on April 2, 2018, he robbed Hardai Danasri of $150,000 cash before making good his escape on a bicycle.
The victim and his wife, residents of Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara, were attacked and robbed while they were plying their trade at the La Penitence Market.
According to reports, after carting off the cash, Jupiter and three other men fired shots at the couple, which resulted in Doodnauth being hit to his head.
The gunmen had managed to escape after the ordeal, but Jupiter was later apprehended by Police officers.
Reports are that on the day in question, Doodnauth Danasri, 62, had just finished packing goods on the stall when Jupiter pounced on him while two other bandits were on the lookout. Jupiter demanded that Danasri hand over cash.
The bandits then turned their attention to the man’s wife, after noticing that she was wearing an apron containing cash. In an attempt to defend his wife, Doodnauth Danasri whipped out a knife to confront the men, but they in turn shot him to the head before snatching the woman’s apron.
Ranks from the Ruimveldt Police Station arrived on scene shortly after the shooting, and transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital the injured Doodnauth Danasri, bleeding profusely from the head.