Man found guilty of killing mother

…court hears he left her body on the
floor, went to work

A Number 3 Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB), Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) man was on Thursday found guilty of murdering his 64-year-old mother in what prosecutors described as a shocking display of callousness and disregard for human life. A 12-member jury at the Berbice Assizes returned a unanimous verdict against Deonarine “Dinesh” Dookhoo, who brutally killed his mother, Teshwattie “Babo” Jaglall, sometime between June 30 and July 1, 2021. Justice Sandil Kissoon has set January 6, 2026, for sentencing. According to the evidence presented in court, Dookhoo attacked his mother inside their Number 3 Village home, inflicting multiple wounds to her head, face, wrists and upper body. A cutlass later recovered behind the house was believed to have been the murder weapon.
However, what stunned the courtroom was the sequence of events that followed. Prosecutors detailed how Dookhoo left his mother’s bloody and motionless body on the floor, then calmly picked himself up and went to work his night shift as a security guard, leaving his two young children in the house. He returned home the following morning, walking into the residence “as if nothing had happened,” even greeting relatives and neighbours who had already discovered the body. One of the prosecution’s key witnesses, a six-year-old child who lived in the home, recounted seeing the assault before Dookhoo left the house with the cutlass in hand.
Investigators testified that the accused initially claimed that three intruders had broken into the home and killed his mother. However, police quickly dismissed this account as fabricated after finding no evidence of a break-in and no signs to support his story. The chilling details, coupled with forensic evidence and witness testimony, convinced the jury that Dookhoo’s actions were deliberate and that he attempted to conceal the crime by pretending ignorance of his mother’s death.
Throughout the trial, the victim’s relatives described Jaglall as a loving, hardworking woman who raised her children and grandchildren with care. Her family members, some of whom were in court for the verdict, said the conviction brought a measure of closure, though the circumstances of her death remain deeply painful.
Dookhoo has been remanded as the court has ordered a probation report on him. That report will be presented to the court on January 6, when he will be sentenced.