Prima facie case made out for 5 accused to lead defence

Bisram murder trial

After Magistrate Charlyn Artiga announced that a prima facie case was made out against the five men charged for the killing of Faiyaz Narinedatt; a killing which was masterminded by Marcus Bisram who is currently detained in the United States (US), Attorney for the accused will now be required to lead his defence.
The Attorney, Sanjeev Dadatin, had made a no case submission for his clients; however, after overruling same, Artiga made her ruling.
As such, Datadin is now expected to lead his defence on September 28, at the Number 51 Magistrate’s Court.
The five accused – Orlando Dickie, Radesh Motie, Diodath Datt, Harri Paul Parsram, and Niran Yacoob – are accused of murdering Narinedatt between

October 31 and November 1, 2016, at Number 70 Village, Berbice.
Narinedatt’s lifeless body was found on the Number 70 Village public road, Corentyne, on November 1, 2016, with marks of violence about his body.
Intially, it was reported that the man was involved in a hit-and-run accident. His relative however denied that this was so and as such, made repeated calls for the matter to be closely investigated.
It was only after a post-mortem examination revealed that the man died from a fractured skull but had also sustained a fractured spine and other injuries that an investigation was launched.
That investigation revealed that the day before he was found dead, Narinedatt had attended a party in Number 70 Village, which was hosted by Bisram, who allegedly made sexual advances towards Narinedatt which were rejected.
This angered Bisram who ordered the Narinedatt be killed. The suspects reportedly dealt the now deceased man a sound thrashing before his unconscious body was placed in the trunk of a car and dumped.
Bisram, who fled to the US, was detained their after an arrest warrant was issued for him. However, his relatives are currently making legal submissions to stop a court order to have him extradited to Guyana to face trial.