A Juvenile who allegedly assisted a farmer to torture and kill the owner of Sun Splash Beach Resort and his handyman was on Tuesday slapped with a murder charge and appeared at the Juveniles Courts at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
The 16-year-old was not required to plead to the indictable charge which alleged that between December 19, 2019, and December 27, 2019, at Sun Splash Hotel, Upper Corentyne, he murdered Vivekanand Brijbassi, called “Veka”, and his workman, Harry Prashad.
It was reported that badly decomposed bodies of 59-year-old Prashad, also of Number 65 Village, and 68-year-old Brijbassi were discovered in the balcony of Sun Splash Beach Resort located on the Number 63 Beach.
Brijbassi was found lying on his back with two toes severed while Prashad was found with both hands tied to a post on the balcony; one foot was also tied to the post and was severed at the ankle.
On Monday the Number 65 Village, Corentyne, Berbice farmer, Alvin Druean, who allegedly confessed to the crime, was arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
In his alleged confession, Druean reportedly told the cops that he and his accomplice attacked and beat Brijbassi in the lower flat of the resort. He detailed that the injured man was taken to the balcony where Prasad was sitting.
Once there, both men were tortured and left to die.
The autopsy reports revealed that the bodies were in an advanced state of decomposition, and the men died from shock and haemorrhage caused by multiple injuries.
Druean was remanded to prison and the case was scheduled to continue at the Number 51 Magistrate’s Court on February 12, 2020.
