A farmer was yesterday charged and remanded over the recent murders of a Canadian hotelier and his watchman at Number 63 Village, Corentyne, Berbice.
Alvin Durant, 46, of Number 65 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was arraigned before the Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in her Georgetown courtroom, where he was read the indictable charge.
It is alleged that between December 19th and December 27th, 2019, at Sunsplash Hotel, Number 63 Village, he murdered Vivekanand Brijbassi and Harry Prashad. He is expected to make his next court appearance on February 12th at the Number 51 Village Magistrate’s Court.
The decomposing bodies of Brijbassi, 71, who was the owner of Sunsplash Holiday Beach Resort, and his watchman, Prashad, 59, of Number 68 Village, Corentyne, were found bound and gagged in the balcony area of the upper flat of the two-storey facility on December 27th.
It was also reported that the men died as a result of shock and haemorrhaging due to multiple injuries they suffered. The police have said that Brijbassi was discovered with two toes from his left foot severed, while Prashad was found with both hands tied behind his back onto a post and his left foot completely severed from the ankle.
