-still unidentified
The burglar who was beaten to death at Good Hope last month died as a result of blunt trauma to the head and other parts of the body, a post-mortem examination has found.
A post-mortem (PM) was on Monday conducted on the remains of the unidentified man on Monday and the police will soon be seeking legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on how to proceed. Five men had been arrested by police in connection with the man’s death but were subsequently released on station bail pending the identification of the burglar as well as the conduct of a post-mortem examination.
The man had given his name as Kurt Mayers before he succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. However, officials later found out that both the name and address (Better Hope South) he gave were false.
Since the man’s death the police have sought public assistance to determine his identity but without success.
Crime Chief Seelall Persaud told this newspaper last week that police would have to go ahead and conduct the autopsy in order to complete the file.
On July 27, around 3:35 am, Mahendra Persaud, 32, of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara informed the police that he had caught a man who was found stealing from his house. Ranks responded and upon arrival at the man’s home found “Mayers” in “a naked condition on the ground with his hands and feet tied and marks of violence about his body.”
A bag, containing a quantity of jewellery, a cell phone and torchlight, which Mahendra said was found in the man’s possession, was handed over to the police. The injured man, who was slipping in and out of consciousness, was taken to the Georgetown Hospital and admitted to the Intensive Care Unit under guard. He sustained severe head injuries and multiple fractures to his body. He later died and police subsequently arrested Mahendra, his brother Muneshwar, two cousins and a neighbour, Stephen Singh. They were subsequently released on $200, 000 station bail on the advice of the DPP.
