Sentencing deferred for father, daughter who beat fisherman to death

A father and his daughter, who were found guilty on August 10 of beating a 22-year-old fisherman to death, continue to await sentencing.
Initially indicted for the capital offence of murder, Surendra Sukhdeo and his daughter Mandy Sukhdeo, were convicted of the lesser offence of manslaughter.
Justice Sandil Kissoon, who presided over their trial at the High Court in Georgetown, had deferred their sentencing to Thursday for social reports to be read to the court.

But the Sukhdeos, who remain imprisoned following their convictions, are now set to be sentenced on September 12.
Their former co-accused, Rean Ghani, who is also their neighbour, and who had been jointly charged with them for the man’s murder, was, however, acquitted.
In relation to Surendra Sukhdeo and his daughter, the jury returned a 10-2 guilty verdict for the lesser count, finding that they killed Shereffudeen Nazamudeen called “Sheriff” on February 14, 2017, at Ruby, East Bank Essequibo (EBE).
The father and daughter were represented by a legal team led by Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes, while State Counsel Latifah Elliot, State Counsel Marisa Edwards, and State Counsel Simran Gajraj were the prosecutors.
The two Sukhdeos and their neighbour were first tried for the fisherman’s murder in 2021. But with the jury unable to reach verdicts back then, they were further remanded to prison pending a retrial.

They resided in the Ruby community along with the now dead fisherman.
At the time of this alleged killing, Mandy Sukhdeo had been a Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) Alliance for Change (AFC) Councillor, and her father, a Good Hope/Hydronie Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Councillor.
It was reported that Mandy Sukhdeo had claimed that she had been confronted by Nazamudeen, who had snatched her bag and attempted to escape.
She had reportedly raised an alarm, and residents in the neighbourhood had pursued Nazamudeen. Reports are that he was caught in the ruins of a house.
According to reports, he was tied up and beaten.
Following the beating, the man had suffered severe injuries to his body, and had been taken to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, where he subsequently succumbed.
Three pieces of wood, suspected to be the murder weapons, were recovered from the scene by detectives.
The woman and her father were immediately arrested, while Ghani was apprehended the following day, after he was allegedly implicated by neighbours. (G1)