Amarnauth Chand, called Desmond’ of Narine Street, Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was on Tuesday sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment by Justice Navindra Singh for unlawfully killing his own son, Mahesh Chand on September 29, 2016.
The teary-eyed man, who was represented by Attorney-at-Law Keoma Griffith, pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter when Prosecutor Abigail Gibbs had originally presented a murder indictment against him at the opening of the
Deceased: Mahesh Chand
Demerara Criminal Assizes at the High Court in Georgetown.
The 49-year-old man, who asked for mercy, killed his son over a $300 argument. According to the facts presented to the court, the accused and his wife were involved in an argument and his now dead son intervened.
Chand accused his son of always taking his mother’s side and armed himself with a cutlass which he used to chop his son in the abdomen and chest.
A post-mortem examination gave the son’s cause of death as perforation to the heart due to stab wound. The court heard that the gruesome killing was witnessed by the accused ’s daughter.
Chand accepted the State’s facts and professed that he was influenced to make his decision. In his address to the court, Chand in tears said he was supposed to be at home with his wife and four children, but could not because of his son’s death.
He said he was sorry for what happened, especially for his remaining children. The
Amarnauth Chand called Desmond
mother of the dead man had related to Guyana Times in 2016 that on the night in question, the accused returned home around 23:00h and began verbally abusing her over $300, which he had given her earlier to purchase groceries.
After his son intervened, he was chopped and subsequently rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he succumbed from his injuries. After committing the act, Chand had reportedly fled the scene, but was later apprehended. Justice Singh encouraged the offender to take anger management courses. No family member was present at Tuesday’s sentencing.
