Businessman found guilty of beating, threatening to shoot daughter
Businessman Devanand Singh, proprietor of “Brands2Go” and a resident of Kitty, Georgetown, who had been captured in a viral video kicking and punching his daughter, has been found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm on the 26-year-old woman.
Charged last April with brutally abusing his child, when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, he was also charged with threatening to shoot his offspring. Singh is a licensed firearm holder.
Guilty: Devanand Singh
His trial concluded on Tuesday, February 28, with Magistrate Rhondell Weever finding him guilty on both charges. Attorney-at-Law Latchmie Rahamat represented the victim’s interest.
Singh’s sentencing hearing has been deferred to March 23, following his lawyer Nigel Hughes’s request for a probation report to be prepared on him. He had initially pleaded not guilty to the charges, and had been admitted to bail in the sum of $400,000.
At his initial court appearance in April 2022, Senior Magistrate Leron Daly had issued a restraining order compelling Singh to stay 1,000 feet away from his daughter. He had also been ordered to give the young lady all of the belongings she had at his residence.
Prior to Singh being charged, several videos had gone viral on social media, in particular Facebook, of him kicking and stomping his daughter. During an interview in another section of the media, his daughter had related that she had been abused by her father for over a decade, and that she had planned to escape from their home while he was out of town.
Magistrate Rhondell Weever
After the video had hit social media, the businessman, while being interviewed by a social media commentator, had said the video was “not what it seems”. However, he did not deny that he was the man seen in the video assaulting a woman in his Regent Street, Georgetown store.
The Police Force had announced that following the release of the video, ranks had gone to the businessman’s home and seized his licensed 9mm pistol and a shotgun, as well as matching ammo. The items had been lodged at the Kitty Police Station. (G1)
