The two accused in the 2004 hacking to death of Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara businessman Davechand Appanna were on Tuesday found not guilty of murder after Justice Winston Patterson ruled that oral and written caution statements were not freely and voluntarily given.
Justice Patterson had been hearing a voir dire for about three weeks to determine the admissibility of the caution statements given by Kennaise Glasgow called ‘Zakery’ or ‘Juma’ and Dexter Headley called ‘Mas’ to Assistant Superintendent of Police Linden Lord and Sergeant Chabinauth Singh at the Vigilance Police Station.
He on Tuesday directed the jury to return a formal verdict of not guilty for both accused on the charge of