Defence fails to produce alibi footage of client on night of crime

Berbice brothers’ murder

The defence in the Corentyne brothers’ murder trial is no longer pursuing using video footage from a surveillance camera which purported to show that the accused was at another location at the time of the murder.
The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Premchand Samaroo also called “Tully”, 45, and Harichand Samaroo also called “Davo”, 46, continues at the Springlands Magistrate’s court. Eighteen-year-old Keeran Jeenarine also called “Roni”, a relative of the two dead men, has since been arraigned with the

December 31 killings. When the matter was first called on January 15, Attorney Charlyn Artiga argued that the police arrested the wrong man while holding out that her client was not at the scene of the murder on December 31.
The court had given one week to produce the evidence. When the matter was called on Tuesday before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court, Artiga said that the backup was deleted after 24 hours had elapsed.
However, she asked for the prosecution to make available a disclosure of all evidence. Police Prosecutor Inspector Orin Joseph indicated that the file was incomplete.
The attorney related that the police are in possession of a caution statement purportedly given by Jeenarine but she contended that her client did not give such a statement.
Magistrate Singh gave the Prosecution two weeks to make a disclosure of all the evidence that it has as it relates to the charges and the accused. The matter has been transferred to the Whim Magistrate Court and comes up again on February 4.