Salesman charged for killing Atlantic Gardens woman

A 35-year-old salesman was on Friday hauled before the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court for the murder of 61-year-old Sattie Monica Beekharry.
Rafeek Khan, of Chandra Nagar Street, Prashad Nagar, appeared before Magistrate Marissa Mittleholzer via Skype and was not required to plea to the indictable charge.

The prosecution is contending that on June 1 at around 15:00h, he murdered Beekharry at her Lot 152 Atlantic Gardens home.
Reports are that neighbours heard a heated argument between Beekharry and Khan after she refused to loan him money. Shortly after, the woman was heard screaming for help.
According to the prosecution’s case, the refusal to loan him more money allegedly angered Khan, who then bludgeoned the woman with a padlock and then slit her throat. Upon hearing the commotion, neighbours summoned the police, who found the woman’s body lying on the floor. The suspect was at the time hiding in the ceiling of the house. This forced officers to use tear gas to extract him.

An autopsy conducted on the woman’s body by Government Pathologist, Dr Nehaul Singh at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation Mortuary (GPHC) revealed that the woman died as a result of brain haemorrhage caused by multiple traumas to the head, compounded by numerous fractures of the right-side rib cage.
Magistrate Mittleholzer remanded Khan to prison. The case was transferred to the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court and will continue on June 20, 2020.