A third man was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the recent murders of four Corentyne fishermen at sea.
Lennox Grimmond, 37, of Cromarty Farm, Corentyne, appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court yesterday where he was charged with murdering Lamar Petrie, Kawal Kissoon, Vishnu Seeram and Marvin Tamasar while in the company of others and during the course of piracy.
An unrepresented Grimmond was not required to enter a plea and the matter was transferred to the Whim Magistrate’s Court for November 7th.
Anonth Boodrage
Two other persons, Narine Dhanraj, also known as ‘Chu Chu Boy,’ 30, a fisherman of Lot 75 Belvedere Village, Corentyne, and Suresh Sundat, also known as ‘Buckman,’ 22, a fisherman of Belvedere Squatting Area, were earlier this week charged with the fishermen’s murders also.
On October 5th, 2019, four Corentyne fishermen left for the sea to ply their trade on their boat, SARA 1. However, one week after leaving home the boat was found aback of Cromarty Village, Corentyne, while the bodies of Petrie, 20, of Lot 9 Miss Phoebe, Port Mourant and Kissoon, also known as ‘Ajai,’ 36, of Lot 233 Letter Kenny, Corentyne, were discovered days apart along the Mahaicony and Abary foreshores.
Boat captain Seeram, also known as ‘Kevin,’ 20, of Port Mourant, Corentyne and Tamasar, also known as ‘Buddy,’ 20, of Lot 305 Port Mourant, Corentyne’ are still missing.
Police say two of the suspects confessed to investigators while in custody that they were part of a five-man crew that attacked and murdered the fishermen on the high seas. Based on the alleged confession, the men claimed that initially they had only intended to rob the four fishermen of their catch but after they put up a fight and they chopped them about their bodies then tied their hands and feet together and threw them overboard eight miles from the point of attack.
O’Brian Fraser
Meanwhile, the Guyana Police Force has since issued wanted bulletins for two remaining suspects who they are presently hunting in connection with the piracy attack.
Wanted are O’Brian Fraser, also known as ‘Shines,’ 21, of Lot 66 Eversham Village, Corentyne and Anonth Boodrage, also known as ‘Andy,’ 18, of Lot 97 Belvedere Village, Corentyne.
According to the bulletins, the men are “wanted by police for questioning in relation to the Piracy/Murder committed on Lamar Petrie, Vishnu Seeram, Kawal Kissoon and Marvin Tamasar.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police on telephone numbers 333-3876, 333-5564, 333-2151 – 3, 337- 411, 335-3014, 225- 3650, 226-1928, 911 or the nearest police station.
