Trial begins for 4 men accused of killing handyman
The trial of four men accused of killing a Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) father of two during a home invasion began on Monday at the High Court in Georgetown.
Before Justice Navindra Singh and a jury, Vikash Persaud, Mustafa Douglas, Rafeed Hannif, and Rajkumar Singh have pleaded not guilty to murdering Christopher Swamy on October 21, 2018.
A voir dire is currently taking place.
Dead: Christopher Swamy
Swamy, 30, a father of two, was gunned down during an invasion at his ECD property.
Based on information received, Swamy was among a group of persons including his wife, hanging out and imbibing in front of the house when at about 01:30h, they were reportedly confronted by masked men, one of whom brandished a handgun.
Police said the suspects relieved one of the persons of a cell phone and an undisclosed sum of cash, after which they assaulted another person to the head. It was during the commotion that Swamy was shot in the chest. The men then fled the scene.
Swamy was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
A post-mortem examination performed by Government Pathologist, Dr Nehaul Singh, gave the now-dead man’s cause of death as a gunshot wound to the left side of the chest. (G1)
