Sending second son to jail will make me lose both – father

Shieldstown murder

The father of the man who stabbed his brother to death on Saturday at Shieldstown, West Bank Berbice (WBB), is now pleading for him not to be sent to jail, claiming if that happens, he will lose both sons.

Seventy-four-year-old Bisnauth told Guyana Times that he does not what his son to face the consequences of killing his older brother.
“I already lost one, and if he go down, is all two ah gon lose,” he cried.
On the day in question, the two brothers, 45-year-old Sarananand Bisnauth, called “Sardanan” and “Long Hair” and 44-year old Khemlall called “Bot son” were consuming alcohol at their Back Street, Shieldstown home when an argument broke out between them.
The argument escalated into a fight and it was then that the younger brother armed himself with a knife and attacked the other, who was sitting in a hammock.
The now dead man attempted to block the vicious attack and was cut on the right arm. The knife, however, ended up stabbing him in the chest.
One neighbour, Samintra Persaud, called “Seeta” related that on Saturday afternoon she was on the street when she saw Khemlall exiting the yard with a blood-stained knife in his hand.
“He tell me that he don kill already and I tell him that ah gon call police. I see “Long hair” lying down under the guava tree.”
The siblings’ aunt, Omeridai Pooran, related that normally, the two brothers are joined by a third person but this was not the case on Saturday.
She explained that when the brothers are under the influence of alcohol, they would abuse their father.
“The man does weary give complain. Dem does pelt the man with wood and so; the man disgust with them,” she related.
A neighbour recalled hearing screams and as she rushed to investigate, she saw the older brother lying in a pool of blood under a tree as the other cried “ah kill he, I stabbed meh brother.”
Sattar said the younger brother, who was heavily intoxicated, was seen licking the blood off of the murder weapon.
“Dem does often fight. Dem two fight whole night. They cuss mattie whole night. All two ah dem drunk and dem fight and dem cuss whole night.”
However, the aggrieved father said that he left to go to the farm earlier in the day but his sons were not at home.
“When I come from backdam I hear that one kill the other one.”
He noted that while his request will be cast aside, he is hoping that the suspect is released.
“If he come out it would be better. I don’t know what the problem they get. They don’t fight here. If they want argue with mattie and I holler on them, they gone… I ain’t glad for him go to jail because all the stress will be on me. Is me gon feel all the pressure because they don’t have a mother.”
According to Bisnauth, his wife died two decades ago and he took care of the seven children. The emotional father recalled their time spent as a loving family until the death of his wife.