‘Chicken man’ released on $600,000 bail as murder charge is reduced to manslaughter 

…as DPP orders charges against deceased co-accused

Seeindra Marimutoo, called ‘Chicken man’, who had previously been charged with murder, was on Monday granted bail after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) advised that the charge be reduced to manslaughter.

Marimutoo, a 43-year-old poultry vendor of Lot 43 Portuguese Quarters, Port Mourant, Corentyne, (Region Six: East Berbice-Corentyne) is before the court for the alleged unlawful killing of 18-year-old Parmand Pertab, committed on October 26, 2024. When the matter was first heard by Magistrate Tuana Hardy at the Whim Magistrate’s Court, Marimutoo was remanded, but Attorney-at-Law Latchmie Rahamat, representing the accused, had informed the court that the defence would be making a formal request to the DPP for a review of the charge. Subsequently, the murder charge was withdrawn, and a manslaughter charge has been instituted.
Magistrate Hardy has placed Marimutoo on $600,000 bail on Monday, January 21, 2025, and has ordered that he returns to court on February 17.

Deceased co-accused
The DPP had also advised that manslaughter charges be instituted on Surinamese national Marciano Michel Lelon, called ‘Dutchie’, a labourer of Bangladesh in Port Mourant. However, by the time the DPP’s advice had been obtained, Lelon had already been killed, and three persons have since been charged with his murder. Those charges were instituted after two persons reportedly confessed to killing the Surinamese national and dumping his body in a trench at Port Mourant.
Nicholas Chinarine, also known as “Kakoo,” a 24-year-old labourer; and 22-year-old Christopher Chinarine, along with Michael Anthony Brijjader, also known as “Mickey,” a 31-year-old labourer, all of Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, are currently before the court for Lelon’s murder.
Lelon had been one of several persons arrested after teen bandit Parmand Pertab had been killed following a botched robbery committed on a jeweller in the Port Mourant Market.
The police had arrested Lelon, Marimutoo and others after a video of the killing of Pertab had been seen.
The Surinamese national had subsequently been released from police custody and had become a prosecution witness against Marimutoo. However, he was subsequently found dead in a trench at Port Mourant.
The two men who reportedly confessed to killing Lelon had reportedly told investigators that the murder accused had had his sister hire them to kill the Surinamese national for implicating him in the murder of the teen bandit. The brothers reportedly told detectives that they had been promised payment when the poultry vendor is released from prison.

Teen bandit killed
Parmand Pertab, also called “Mikey”, the 18-year-old teen bandit of Lot 45C Hampshire Village, Corentyne, died on October 26, 2024 after being attacked by a vigilante group at Port Mourant after he and
an accomplice had robbed a goldsmith in the Port Mourant Market. In the process of fleeing with the booty, the teenager was attacked and killed. The video-recorded incident shows a group of armed men inflicting injuries on the helpless Pertab, who collapsed and died shortly after. Marimutoo was subsequently charged for Pertab’s death.
According to reports, Lelon was also part of the mob that had attacked Pertab, but he was not charged and had become a state witness.  (G4)