The 44-year-old man who allegedly stabbed his 21-year-old son to death was on Wednesday hauled before the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court after he was slapped with the capital offence of murder.
Mohan Sookdeo being escorted to court on Wednesday
Mohan Sookdeo, called “Wire”, of Lot 217 Fifth Street Foulis, Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD), appeared before Magistrate Wanda Fortune. The charge stated that on September 8, 2018, at Foulis, ECD, he murdered Satesh Kevin Sookdeo. He was remanded to prison until October 2.
Reports are on September 8, 2018, at about 20:35h, the 44-year-old man and his wife had an argument during which he grabbed her by the neck and began choking her. The couple’s 21-year-old son, Satesh Sookdeo, along with another sibling attempted to part the couple but his father allegedly became enraged and broke a louvre pane and stabbed him to his chest.
Neighbours rushed to the family’s aid after hearing screams, but by then the younger Sookdeo had already succumbed to the injuries. A post-mortem examination performed on his body proved that he died from perforation to the lung as a result of the stab wound to his chest.
