One week after chopping his 15-year-old stepson to death during an argument over a bicycle, 49-year-old Balram Bessessar of Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, was remanded for murder.
Bessessar appeared before Magistrate Singh at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court and was not required to enter a plea to the indictment, which stated that on October 3, 2025, he murdered Sudesh Singh, also called Joel.
He was remanded to prison and will make his next court appearance today, October 10.
It was reported that the now-deceased teen and the accused had a misunderstanding over a bicycle that the teen had used and caused the chain to slip.
As a result, an argument broke out between them, during which the stepfather ran into the kitchen, armed himself with a cutlass, and chopped the teen several times, causing the teen to fall to the ground.
The suspect then went to the Leonora Police Station, where he reported the matter. At the scene, detectives found the teen lying motionless, face up under the house, bleeding from his neck. A cutlass was seen near the body.
Bessessar was arrested, charged and remanded to prison.
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