Two men who are accused of killing Samuel De Souza, a labourer who was found dead in front his house shortly after a confrontation earlier this month, were yesterday released on $400,000 bail after being charged with manslaughter.
Utoh Duke, 26, of Victory Valley, Wismar, Linden, and Orlando Montooth, 34, also of the same area, both appeared before Magistrate Wanda Fortune at the Linden Magistrate’s Court, where they were charged with manslaughter.
They were not required to plead to the charge and were released on $400,000 bail, and ordered to report to the Wismar Police Station twice every month.
The matter will be called again on April 22nd, 2021.
De Souza, 47, of Lot 50 Victory Valley, Wismar, Linden, was on March 6th, discovered dead in front of his house shortly after he was involved in a confrontation with two women.
The police had said that the incident occurred between 9pm and 9.30pm at Victory Valley, Linden.
Police investigations had revealed that DeSouza had an altercation with a woman, who along with her daughter confronted him.
In a bid to escape, the police said DeSouza ran through a track leading to his house after which two men informed the women that he was dead.
The police were summoned and upon arrival they observed DeSouza’s lifeless body lying in front his house.
A spear was observed lying on his body with what appeared to be blood on it. Three knives and a screw driver were also found in the waist of his pants. Blood was oozing from his mouth and an ear. He was later pronounced dead at the Linden Hospital.
An autopsy performed on his remains later revealed his cause of death as being hypotension and gastritis.
Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh had explained that the internal bleeding was caused by frequent movement of DeSouza, which led to the hypotension.
