Corentyne labourer charged with murder of ex-convict

Raj Reece, called “Chunoo”, a labourer of Number 55 Village Corentyne, Berbice, has been remanded to prison on a charge of murder, committed on Akash Pechia between May 16 and 17, 2022 at Number 55 Village Corentyne, Berbice.

The 20-year-old Reece was not required to plead to the indictable charge in his arraignment on Wednesday before Magistrate Tuanna Hardy at the #51 Village Magistrate’s Court, and will make his next court appearance on December 11, 2024.
Reece, who had been on the run for more than two years, was arrested last Sunday in his home village.

Recap

It has been reported that Akash Pechia, also called “Logoo”, an ex-convict, was found dead weeks after his release from prison.
Following the discovery of his body, two persons were taken into custody, including one of the suspect’s cousins.
Police had been working on the theory that Pechia might have been killed elsewhere and his body dumped in the village a short distance from the #55 Village cemetery. As per the injuries he had sustained, he had also been tortured.

In August 2021, Pechia had escaped from custody of the police at the #51 Station after he had been arrested on a larceny charge. He had been rearrested and charged; and after his release from prison, the victims of his larceny acts had allegedly been hunting for him.
Already, 21-year-old Derick Sugrim and 20-year-old Radesh Thaman, called “Bangalee”, labourers of Number 55 Village Corentyne, have been charged with Akash Pechia’s murder.