A 17-year-old lad has been remanded to prison for killing his brother-in-law in an alleged bid to defend the honour of his 13-year-old sister and his mother.
The teen appeared before Springlands Magistrate Renita Singh on Thursday, charged with the capital offence of murder. Police had initially claimed that the accused was 18, but in court it was disclosed that this teen will turn 18 on June 24. As such, publication of the photograph and particulars of this accused is prohibited by the Juvenile Justice Act.
Dead: Pursoram Ganpat
Police Prosecutor Corporal Collin Clarke told the court on Thursday that the Police need further advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). He also revealed that the Police are still awaiting the post mortem report regarding the victim’s death.
The Magistrate has thus ordered that the teenager returns to court on July 27. Until then, he is to remain in custody.
On Monday last, 26-year-old Pursoram Ganpat, a labourer of Well Rank Dam at Number 57 Village, Corentyne, was stabbed to death in an incident that occurred at Queenstown, Corriverton. The Police have said that the suspect and the victim were imbibing together when a heated argument ensued and resulted in a scuffle.
The teen had reportedly armed himself with a knife and dealt the victim several stabs to his body, causing him to collapse. Reports indicate that the victim had been stabbed about 15 times about his body.
After the killing, Police arrested Ganpat’s brother-in-law, the 17-year-old lad, and he has since admitted to committing the crime. He reportedly told investigators that when he got home, he saw his 16-year-old sister, who is a mother of one, imbibing with her reputed husband and her mother-in-law, and he joined them. The teenager reportedly told investigators that he was being taunted by his brother-in-law, who had impregnated his sister when she was at the age of fifteen.
The teenager said Ganpat told him that he was also going to have his 13-year-old sister. The late Ganpat also allegedly made claims that he was going to sleep with the teenager’s mother.
As a result of the taunts, the teenager said, he got into a scuffle with Ganpat, during which he armed himself with a knife and inflicted the fatal wounds on his brother-in-law Ganpat. The stabbing incident lasted for more than twenty minutes, and even though family members had pleaded with the teen to put down the knife, he had continued his assault. The gate had reportedly been padlocked, preventing Ganpat from fleeing to safety.
The teen also told investigators that Ganpat had been a predator, having started a relationship with his now 16-year-old sister several years ago. Ganpat was before the courts for engaging in sexual activity with a girl under the age of 16.
