Murder-over-bike accused tells court victim was aggressor, had knocked him out

Murder accused Ravindra Paremdass yesterday testified that he had hit Roopram Jagdeo only after the man had physically assaulted and caused him actual bodily harm.

Paremdass is on trial before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown, for the 2012 murder of Jagdeo. It is alleged that between December 20 and 21, 2012, at Providence, East Bank Demerara, he murdered Jagdeo, called “Lil Baby” and “Ribbit,”

Leading his defence in unsworn testimony from the prisoner’s dock, Paremdass told the court that Jagdeo had gone to