A teen was charged and remanded over the murders of Canadian hotelier Vivekanand Brijbassi and his watchman, Harry Persaud, who were found dead at Number 63 Village, Corentyne, Berbice last December.
The 16-year-old, who was represented by attorney-at-law Paul Fung-A-Fat, was not required to plead to the indictable charge when he was brought before Magistrate Annette Singh in the Children’s Court in Georgetown. The charge states that between December 19th and December 27th, 2019, at Sunsplash Hotel, Number 63 Village, he murdered Brijbassi and Prashad. He is expected to make his next court appearance on February 12th at the Number 51 Village Magistrate’s Court.
He was the second person to be charged in as many days with the murders.
A farmer, Alvin Durant, was charged on Monday over the murders and he was also remanded to prison until the same date as the teen.
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.
