Juvenile gets $150K bail for killing East Canje peer

A teenager was on Friday granted bail in the sum of $150,000 for the murder of Shawn Persaud called “Buckman”, 17, of Betsy Ground, East Canje, Berbice.
The 17-year-old appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Peter Hugh, where he was not required to plea to the indictable charge.
Police Prosecutor, Lance Corporal Vedesh Jattan objected to the teenager being granted bail on the basis that the accused had given a caution statement to the Police in which he admitted to stabbing Persaud with a pair of scissors during a fight.
The prosecutor told the court that the file was incomplete and that the Police were waiting on an autopsy report and a report from the Child Care and Protection Agency is outstanding.
The teen, who was accompanied by an aunt at the court, told the court that his father is deceased and his mother, who is unemployed, suffers from a hearing impediment.
The matter has been transferred to the Reliance Magistrate’s Court and comes up again on November 17. Persaud was stabbed on November 4, at Adelphi Village, East Canje, after which he was pronounced dead on arrival at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.