Pump attendant gets life sentence for manslaughter

Nankishore Persaud, a pump attendant of Anna Regina Housing Scheme, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), who was found guilty of manslaughter, was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 25 years.
Persaud was convicted by a 12-member jury on March 21, 2023, for the unlawful February 26, 2020 killing of Arvin Toolsie Mayhilall. Following his conviction, sentencing was set for April 18 before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the Suddie Supreme Court.

The State was represented by Taneisha Saygon while Leslie Sobers represented the accused.
The 58-year-old man, back in June 2021, appeared before Magistrate Esther Sam at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court where he was not required to plead to the charge which stated that on February 26, 2020, he killed Arvin Toolsie Mayhilall.
It was reported that after Mayhilall died, relatives were told that he had fallen from a bench at Zorg and his prone body was discovered in the late evening by residents.

However, his mother, Jaiwantie Mayhilall, had always maintained that her son was murdered, prompting an investigation. In fact, a post-mortem report revealed that Mayhilall died as a result of trauma to his head and a fractured spine.
Meanwhile, during the investigations back in January 2023, Mariano Persaud called “Mariam”, 39, of Zorg, Essequibo Coast, a typist clerk attached to the Suddie Supreme Court of Judicature, was jailed for four months after she attempted to pervert the course of justice.
It was reported that she told three men to lie to the Police surrounding the death of Arvin Toolsie Mayhilall. Subsequently, Nankishore was charged and remanded to prison for the man’s murder.