Essequibo Coast man slapped with murder charge

Brutal murder of teen girl

A 34-year-old man of Bounty Hall, Essequibo Coast in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Friday charged for the brutal murder of 16-year-old Sanesha Lall.

Yougheshwar Kumar, also known as “Fat Man”, was not required to plead to the indictable charge when he appeared before Magistrate Esther Sam at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court.
He was remanded to prison and the matter was adjourned to December 29.
Lall, of Richmond Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, was on November 11 stabbed multiple times about her body by Kumar, who later attempted to commit suicide.
Kumar, who was arrested shortly after committing the act, had been hospitalised after he ingested a poisonous substance.
Reports are that Lall and the father of two shared a relationship, which ended some time ago.
However, on November 11, the man barged into the young girl’s home and entered her bedroom, whipped out a Rambo knife and stabbed her multiple times about her body.
He then made good his escape but was later apprehended by Police.
Lall had been living with her siblings and without any proper adult supervision. Her mother died in 2016 and then some two years later, her father died.
It was following the death of both parents that the young girl ended up in a “relationship” with the man, who is married and has children.
At the time, the young girl was living with her siblings; two sisters and a brother. She had also dropped out of school.

Sometime later, she would have ended the relationship with the man as she was moving to the city to stay with some relatives.
However, she returned to her hometown earlier this year and several months later, she was stabbed to death by the man.
Last month, yet another man in his thirties was charged with the murder of yet another 16-year-old girl. Wickroy Mitchell, 38, also known as “Shatta”, of Number 53 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was on November 19 remanded to prison for the murder of the teenager who resided at Baramita, North West District. Her identity was never revealed to the press. This newspaper understands that the girl was raped and then killed.
It is alleged that Mitchell murdered the 16-year-old girl between November 14 and 15.
Police reports had indicated that the teen and her mother were consuming alcohol at a nearby shop in the company of some men, including Mitchell. They later left for home with Mitchell. Sometime later, the mother was observed alone at the shop. She spent some time there. The next morning, the girl’s dead body was discovered outside of her house.
Reports indicate that the post-mortem showed that the young girl was strangled. (G11)