The mother of the UG student who died last week after a beating outside of a bar wants justice for her son.
Eighteen-year-old UG student, Anand (Anil) Jerry, succumbed to his injuries four days after the attack.
The victim’s mother, Valerie Jerry of Jawalla Village, Upper Maza-runi, Region Seven told Stabroek News that since her son’s death she has been very distressed as no one has been arrested.
She added, “It is really sad investing in my only son’s education, very brilliant one, and to know that other people will enjoy life and he’s dead, it’s not good… I would feel much better and satisfied, if I get justice.”
She noted that since the robbery, two of her son’s personal items had not been recovered, a silver ring being among the two. She said that so far the police have been unsuccessful in retrieving CCTV footage on what transpired that night.
Anil’s sister Alexandra had recalled that Anand, who lived at Cummings Lodge, ECD, told her while he was hospitalized, that on April 2nd he went to Ricky Boy Bar & Restaurant with friends at around 9 pm to ‘lime’. While sitting outside the bar, several men wearing masks snatched a friend’s phone and the friend fell to the ground in the process. Anil saw what happened and intervened to help his friend. Anil said he was struck in the head with a gun and stabbed in the neck by one of the bandits, causing him to fall to the ground.
When her brother regained consciousness, he asked his friends to take him home but they instead took him to the Georgetown Public Hospital as he was bleeding profusely.
Alexandra said when she arrived at the hospital, she was informed that when her brother arrived he did not get the care he needed but upon admittance, he underwent surgery to stop the bleeding in his neck and eyes, and reduce the swelling to his head. The family was later told by doctors that her brother was brain dead.
A request was made to Ricky Boy Bar by the CID for the CCTV camera footage but the police were told that the device was not working. The police also visited the house opposite to retrieve their CCTV footage but there, too, they were unsuccessful.
According to Alexandra, her brother was a valedictorian back home in Jawalla Village where he completed secondary education at the D Caesar-Fox Secondary School in 2021.
