Suspect in Corentyne teenager’s murder remanded

The suspect in the murder of Akeem Grimmond, 13, whose body was discovered last Monday, appeared in court on Thursday and was remanded.
The accused, Terani Goolcharran, 26, was escorted to the Springlands Magistrate Court, clad in a torn pair of trousers and accompanied by his wife. He was not required to plead to the indictable charge, which stated that between August 20-22, 2016 he murdered Grimmond.
Magistrate Rabindranath Singh explained to Goolcharran that he could not plead to the charge since it was an indictable offence but the accused nonetheless shouted out, “not guilty”.
The coconut vendor of Number 60 Village was remanded to prison. He had previously been convicted of simple larceny.

The matter has been transferred to the Number 51 Magistrate’s Court and comes up for hearing again on September 14.
The partly decomposed body of young Grimmond of No 61 Village, Corentyne was discovered in a drain Monday last, behind a cemetery at Number 62 Village, about 300 meters from his home. He went missing last Saturday.
Goolcharran was arrested Monday after his wife reported to investigators that he confessed to her that he killed the teenager and was going to purchase coffee and biscuits to give to his parents for the wake.
When he was taken into custody he denied the allegations.
As the accused was being escorted out of the courtroom, his wife followed and began swearing publicly at the Police, the magistrate, and the system.
She was subsequently taken into Police custody but later released on station bail.
She is expected to appear in court on Monday to answer to the charge of disorderly behaviour in a courtyard.