One of the teens accused of murdering retired Professor Pariedeau ‘Perry’ Mars was reportedly stabbed by two of his co-accused yesterday after they and two others were all committed to stand trial at the High Court for the crime.
Timothy Paul Chance, 18, Nikeisha Dover 19, Orin Mc Rae, 18, and two minors, both 16, were all committed by Magistrate Leron Daly to stand trial at the High Court.
However, Chance ended up being taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was attacked by two of his co-accused in their holding cell at the city courts. He was stabbed to his abdomen with a sharp object.
The police quickly separated the boys and an ambulance was immediately summoned to take the injured Chance to the Georgetown Public Hospital with a police escort. A police source subsequently said that the teen’s condition was stable.
It is believed that the stabbing may have stemmed from the outcome of the preliminary inquiry into the murder charge against the teens, which was held in camera and utilised the paper committal process owing to the two minors.
During yesterday’s proceedings, the magistrate ruled in a voir dire to allow certain evidence, after which Police Prosecutor Bharat Mangru closed his case. The magistrate then found that a case was made out against the teens.
Police have said that Mars, 75, was found in his Prashad Nagar home with his hands and feet duct taped and injuries to his head. The house was ransacked and a number of articles and cash were stolen.
A female accused, known to have frequented Mars’ residence, had allegedly visited him and let the others into the house.
This newspaper was told that the female suspect informed her boyfriend that she was going to Mars’s house and that he would be at home alone. The boyfriend allegedly told her that it was a good opportunity to rob Mars then he contacted his friends and they met at a house in ‘C’ Field, Sophia, where they reportedly hatched the plan.
The female suspect was reportedly the first to enter the house and she allegedly assaulted Mars, injuring him about the body. At this point, the other suspects, who were waiting outside the premises, entered and duct taped Mars. They then reportedly joined in continuously beating him, while they ransacked the house and carted off a quantity of items.
Among the items recovered by the police were a sum of cash, a laptop computer, an iPhone and a video game console, the police had said in a statement. Mars was subsequently found by his wife on her return home from Linden. He was rushed to St Joseph Mercy Hospital, where he died while receiving medical attention.
