Santa Mission, Kamuni Creek native Trudy Samuels, called ‘Jad’ and ‘Jadi’, has admitted to the fatal stabbing of his cousin-in-law, Joseph Jaundoo, called ‘Teddy’, who was killed on the eve of Mashramani 2016.
He appeared before Justice Brassington Reynolds at the High Court in Georgetown on Thursday, and pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter. The State accepted his plea, and the judge ordered a probation report on the accused, who will return to court on October 26 for sentencing.
Trudy Samuels will know his fate on October 26
The Prosecution’s contention was that the murder stemmed from an alcohol-fuelled altercation which began at a ‘wake house’ in Santa Mission, but continued at Jaundoo’s home after Samuels had pursued him to commit the act.
Recounting the events of February 22, 2016, Nikita Jandoo, wife of the late Joseph Jaundoo, said she had managed to stop, at the wake house, the initial altercation which her husband Joseph had with Samuels, who is her cousin.
She recalled that her cousin was armed with a knife when he ran up the step at her home and started hitting her husband.
She said she had again managed to part them, and the accused fell off the stairs. This, however, was too late, as he had already used the weapon to stab Jaundoo, a father of five, several times.
Samuels was represented by Defence Counsel Satyesh Kissoon, while the Prosecution’s case was presented by State Counsel Shawnette Austin, in association with Lisa Cave.
