Trial aborted for duo accused of killing 3 in 2014 arson

Twenty-four-year-old Avishkar Bissoon and 74-year-old Ganga Krishna, who were jointly charged for three counts of murder, are now expected to face a new trial at the Demerara High Court after the current trial was aborted by Justice Brassington Reynolds on Tuesday.

The trial, which commenced on August 20, 2019, was aborted upon conclusion of an inquiry that was launched into a development within the trial. The development was brought to the attention of Justice Reynolds; hence he requested an inquiry into the matter.
Justice Reynolds handed down the decision at Tuesday’s hearing, noting that it was in the interest of justice.
As such, the duo will be facing a new trial at the next session of the Demerara Assizes in October.
Bissoon and Krishna are accused of murdering 63-year-old Randolph Thomas and his two daughters, 14-year-old Tressa Rozario and 11-year-old Feresa Rozario on November 17, 2014 after setting their house on fire.
Since the commencement of the trial, the court heard the testimonies of some five witnesses including the victims’ sister and mother and Police ranks.
It was reported that on the day in question, the two sisters were asleep when the Lot 65 Robb Street, Georgetown building they occupied with their father was allegedly set on fire.
The girls were trapped in the early-morning inferno and were burnt to death while their father jumped through a window to escape the flames, but subsequently died as he got medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Attorneys-at-Law Dexter Todd and Mursalin Bacchus are representing the two accused while Prosecutor Seeta Bishundial, in association with Lisa Cave, is presenting the case on behalf of the State.