Uncle fit to stand trial for 18-month old niece’s murder

By Shemuel Fanfair

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the brutal death of 18-month-old toddler, Ronasha Pilgrim, will begin at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts next Monday following the declaration that the girl’s alleged killer, Sherwin Roberts, her uncle, was fit to stand trial. This determination was made by Psychiatrist, Dr Bhiro Harry on Thursday who gave a medical report to the court.
Roberts was last year remanded to prison for the gruesome murder of his 18-

month-old niece. He was accused of the girl’s September 1, 2017 killing at Sophia, Greater Georgetown, whom he allegedly murdered over a pair of gold earnings. On the day of the toddler’s murder, it was reported that Roberts broke into his brother’s Lot 98 North Sophia, Greater Georgetown home, and tore a pair of earrings from the baby’s ears.
However, after the child started to cry and in order to silence her, Roberts was said to have thrown the toddler through the window into the swamped yard.
The accused then reportedly ran outside, dug a hole and then placed her inside the hole; after which he then covered the hole by placing planks of wood on top. The incident had occurred sometime around 03:30h on the day in question when the toddler and her two brothers, aged 10 and 12, were alone at home.
Father of the toddler, Ron Pilgrim, a security guard who was on duty at the time,

had related to Guyana Times that he received a call from a female friend informing him of what had transpired and as such, he rushed home.
“The Police ask me to see if I (could locate) any wood. I saw two big pieces of plank, I moved them, I pushed my hands down as the mud was swamped; when I push my hands down I feel my daughter and then I saw her,” Pilgrim revealed last year.
In response to his brother’s possible insanity, Pilgrim denied that he was mentally challenged but revealed that he is a marijuana user. The matter continues before the Chief Magistrate.