A man who is deemed a “person of interest” in the almost two-week old murder of Beterverwagting (BV) bread vendor Clairmont Telesford has been arrested and the police are currently pursuing a second suspect.
This is according to Crime Chief Lyndon Alves, who confirmed that the man was taken into custody on Thursday after he turned up at an East Coast Demerara police station in the company of his attorney. “We are currently looking for another suspect who is also wanted for questioning,” Alves said.
The lifeless body of Telesford, 63, of 101 Republic Drive, Beterverwagting, was discovered by his common-law wife, Shondell Emmanuel, shortly after they were attacked by bandits on March 17th at their home.
An autopsy later showed that Telesford died as a result of manual strangulation, compounded by blunt trauma to the head.
The investigation is being spearheaded by ranks of the Criminal Investigation Department’s Major Crimes Unit.
The police had said that Telesford and Emmanuel were attacked at around 1.30 am at their home by three masked men, one of whom was armed with a gun.
The police explained that the couple were closing their business and were unpacking bread in their bottom flat apartment when the perpetrators attacked and relieved them of jewellery and cash. The bandits carted off over half a million dollars in cash and jewellery.
Telesford and Emmanuel were bound and assaulted but as the bandits were escaping, they took Telesford into the yard, where he was later found motionless with injuries to the head, the police said.
