Asif Hamid recently pleaded guilty to killing Henry Lallman who was found in a shallow grave back in August, 2015.
Hamid entered the plea before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall at the High Court in Berbice and will return to court on January 27 for sentencing.
Hamid was charged with the murder of Lallman, 76, of Number 55 Village, Corentyne in August, 2015.
Lallman had disappeared and police were able to stumble upon the man’s partially decomposed body after they were informed that he had gone to Hamid’s home and never returned.
The man’s body was discovered in a shallow grave dug under a mango tree in Hamid’s yard. A post-mortem examination performed by Dr. Vivekanand Brijmohan gave the cause of death as strangulation.
Lallman had gone to the butcher’s home to collect money owed to him from the sale of cattle. However, there was a misunderstanding and the suspect had told investigators that he strangled the pensioner.
