Labourer charged for beating brother to death

A 32-year-old man was on Thursday placed on bail in the sum of $250,000 after appearing before Springlands Magistrate Robindranauth Singh to answer a charge of manslaughter in relation to the killing of his younger brother at their Number 72 Village, Corentyne, Berbice home on Sunday night.
Deodat Dhurup, a labourer of Number 72 Village, Corentyne, appeared without legal representation, and was not required to plead to the indictable charge, which stated that on September 26, he unlawfully killed 29-year-old Lakeram Dhurup, called ‘Videsh’, of the same address.
Police Prosecutor Corporal Fiona Simpson told the court that she had no objection to Dhurup being placed on bail, but asked that special conditions be attached. Those conditions, she said, are that the accused lodges his passport and keeps in contact with the Police until the determination of the case.
As such, the father of three was placed on bail, and was required to lodge his passport and report to the Springlands Police Station weekly.
The matter has been adjourned to next Thursday.
Reports are that Lakeram Dhurup was beaten by his brother after the two were involved in an argument over the now dead man’s reputed wife, whom Lakeram was planning to legally marry in a few weeks’ time.
According to the Police, after the argument, both men went into the yard, but Lakeram allegedly continued to hurl expletives at his brother, and then choked him,
caused Deodat Dhurup to retaliate by picking up a bat that was in the yard and dealing his brother three lashes to his right hand, forehead and back.
Lakeram Dhurup fell on the concrete surface, hitting his face and forehead and becoming unconscious. His brother then tried to revived him, but that was unsuccessful. As such, Lakeram Dhurup was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
An autopsy conducted on his body by Government Philologist Dr Vivavakand Bridgemohan gave the cause of his death as shock with cerebral and cerebellar haemorrhage and a ruptured aneurysm. (G4)