The trial of the three persons accused of the 2017 murder of Ruby fisherman Shereffudeen Nazamudeen is scheduled to commence this morning before Justice Navindra Singh at the Georgetown High Court.
A jury was empaneled yesterday to hear the case.
The charge against Mandy Sukhdeo, a former Region Three AFC councillor; her father, Surendra Sukhdeo, a Good Hope/ Hydronie Neighbourhood Democratic Council APNU councillor and their neighbour Rean Ghani is that on Valentine’s Day—February 14th, 2017 they murdered Nazamudeen.
They have all pleaded not guilty to the capital indictment.
In her opening address to the jury, Prosecutor Tiffini Lyken said that Nazamudeen, formerly of Lot 117 Ruby, East Bank Essequibo, was badly beaten to death at the hands of the jointly-charged trio, all of whom resided in the Ruby area.
She said that the young man died of shock and haemorrhage due to multiple injuries, compounded by blunt trauma to the head.
He had been rushed to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, where he subsequently died.
Police investigations later led to the arrest and detention of Ghani and the Sukhdeos.
The accused are being represented by defence attorneys Nigel Hughes and Khemraj Ramjattan.
The state will be calling just about a dozen witnesses.
