Duo plead not guilty to murdering Gafoor’s manager

Two men were on Tuesday arraigned before Justice Sandil Kissoon for the murder of Terry Lackhan, manager of Gafoor and Sons.

The duo, David Qutar (29) formerly of Foulis, East Coast Demerara (ECD) and 32-year-old Patrick Ross, formerly of Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD), pleaded not guilty to the charge before a 12-member jury at the Demerara High Court.
Particulars of the charge allege that on July 21, 2016, at Herstelling, EBD, they murdered Terry Lackhan during the course or furtherance of a robbery.
The men will go on trial for the offence from September 27 at the High Court in Demerara. They are jointly being represented by attorney-at-law Ravindra Mohabir, while Senior State Counsel Lisa Cave is presenting the case for the prosecution.
At the time of his demise, Lackhan was employed as a manager at Gafoors. Reports are that the lifeless body of the 55-year-old man was discovered by a neighbour on the night of July 21, 2016, shortly after a man was reportedly seen exiting his Herstelling home with several bags.

Reports are that his lifeless body was found

next to a wardrobe with a rope tied around his neck. Several bottles of tablets and photographs of his family were also found close to him. From the evidence, Lackhan’s killers were attempting to stage the scene to make it appear as though he had committed suicide.