Omesh Chaitram was yesterday charged with the murder of fellow vagrant Wendell Freso, whom he is accused of stabbing to death in a row over money.
Chaitram was not required to plead when the capital charge was read to him, but he told the court that he was innocent and he threatened to kill himself after he was remanded to prison to await a preliminary inquiry into the charge.
It is alleged that on July 10, at Georgetown, Chaitram murdered Freso. Freso, called `Country’, 35, of Yarrow Dam, Ruimveldt, was killed at about 4am on July 10 at Alexander Street, Lacytown, Georgetown. Police said that Freso was involved in an argument with his assailant over a