Corentyne man murdered, dumped in trench

The body of a Corentyne man was on Thursday afternoon found in a trench at Topu, a village in close proximity to Albion.
The dead man has been identified as Mohan Ball, 49, of Lot 74 Hampshire South, Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne). This publication understands that several villagers witnessed the alleged murder.
The dead man’s sister, Raywattie Fraser, explained that a little boy claimed to have seen what happened: “The lil bai come and say a ‘Rocky’ and ‘Andy’ kill Uncle Ball and throw him in the trench.” She further explained that she rushed to the scene with her husband after receiving the information.
“When we go the street was full with people, me husband go across at the trench and check he, and say he dead and come back”.
The body bore several marks of violence on it. Fraser described the marks as being large ‘black and blue’ spots, and there were also spots of what appeared to be blood. The sister claimed he could not swim. A piece of wood was also seen a short distance from the body.
Villagers say the man was seen earlier in the day drinking with two villagers and that the three were later seen fighting.
One of the two suspects was allegedly seen in wet clothes in the vicinity of where the body was found. The suspect was riding a bicycle at the time.
Some villagers referred to the deceased as a ’junkie’. His sister did not have a photograph of him and could not locate one.
“All he get is he clothes, he never deh to take pictures. He lives here and there, he does stay with people in the village, who he a work with,” his sister said.
He was considered a funny person. “He always like make joke, he na like fight and suh, he never deh in problem,” the grieving sister said.
Police are investigating and up to press time, no arrest had been made. (Andrew Carmichael)