“Dis ting happen so fast” – Strathspey murder suspect confesses

Shortly after Police apprehended a 24-year-old man from Annadale on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) for the murder and robbery committed on 21-year-old Ganesh Persaud of Strathspey, ECD, the suspect confessed to the heinous crime.
In a video footage seen by this publication, the suspect confessed to Police officers that he was the only person who committed the robbery but killed Persaud during a scuffle over his gold chain.

“Me nah know, this thing happen so fast, me get in meh mind me know meh ah guh some way, meh ah guh, and when meh guh, meh guh and walk in and talk to de boy. Meh seh how much fuh this speaker box, when meh ask how much fuh this speaker box, meh guh and scramble he gold chain,” he confessed.
The man said as soon as he grabbed the chain Persaud retaliated and a scuffle ensued between them. He admitted that it was during the fight, he stabbed Persaud to his neck.

“…but me start jook… like me nah even know how de knife come…is one lil knife… me nah know way me jook he… couple well place and we fight,” the suspect said.
He claimed that he did not take any money from the store, only Persaud’s chain.
“Me nah get no money. Me nah tek no money or nothing from nobody. Me and he fight and me hold on pon de chain,” he admitted in the video.
The 24-year-old suspect was then asked by Police who took him to the business place, and he said he was dropped there by someone he does not know.
He posited that at the time, the person was riding a bicycle and he asked them to drop him to the business place. Shortly after, the cyclist left.
On Friday last, Persaud, who operated an electronics store in the area called “Deals on Electronics”, was in the store when the bandit invaded, held him at knifepoint and collected his valuables, Police said.
The young businessman was relieved of a gold chain he was wearing at the time along with an undisclosed sum of cash, according to Police.
As the bandit was about to leave the premises, he stabbed the young man to his neck.

Persaud managed to exit the building and raise an alarm. He then collapsed and was picked up and placed into a vehicle and taken to a private medical facility but he succumbed to his injuries.
He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Police stated that shortly after the man’s murder, the 24-year-old man was arrested and found with Persaud’s chain in his possession.
He remains in Police custody assisting with investigations. (G12)