Nemon Persaud, called “Boye”, the construction worker accused of stabbing and chopping an elderly woman to death at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD), has been charged with the capital offence of murder.
Persaud, 26, of Second Street, Mon Repos North, ECD, was arraigned before Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool in that Sparendaam Magistrate’s court. He was not required to plead to the indictable charge, which stated that he murdered 87-year-old Agnes Dillon at some time between June 29 and June 30 at Mon Repos North, ECD.
Murder accused Nemon Persaud, called “Boye”
Persaud has been remanded to prison until September 12.
The body of Agnes Dillon was discovered on Thursday in the bottom flat of a two-storey wooden building at Mon Repos with several chop and stab wounds.
Dillon had last been seen washing clothes on June 29 at about 17:00h. The following day, her landlady did not see her, and as such called out to her, but there was no answer. This prompted her to contact a neighbour, whom she asked to check on Dillon.
Upon checking, the neighbour reportedly found the main door secured from the inside.
He, too, called out to the elderly woman, but to no avail. Suspecting something was amiss, he went to the woman’s bedroom window and managed to get it open. Upon looking into the bedroom, he saw her lying in a motionless state on the bed. He returned to the main door, which he prised open and entered the house. A closer inspection revealed that the woman was lying in a pool of blood.
Ranks from Beterverwagting Police Station were summoned.
On July 2, Police ranks acting on information went to Persaud’s home and arrested him. During interrogation, he confessed that he and the elderly woman had had a confrontation over monies owed to him for weeding her yard. He admitted that he had stabbed and chopped the woman, and said he had thrown away the murder weapon.
Dead: Agnes Dillon
A source close to the investigation has told this publication that the murder accused took ranks to the scene and pointed out how and where he gained access into the victim’s home. He also showed ranks some dense vegetation where he had thrown the murder weapon.
However, after combing the area, Police ranks did not find the weapon. (G1)
