A Corentyne man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of a Clifton Settlement, Corentyne construction worker who was stabbed last Sunday evening following an argument at a shop while attempting to purchase something to drink.
Andrew Seegobin, 30, also a construction worker of Clifton, Corentyne appeared at the Reliance Magistrate’s Court where he was read the charge of murder committed on Ramanand Mingo, 29, on November 19 at John’s Settlement, Corentyne.
He was not required to plead to the indictable charge and was remanded to prison.
Seegobin, who was represented by Attorney at Law, Mursaline Bacchus, will return to court on December, 11.
Mingo’s brother, Dianand Mingo, had told Stabroek News that he and Ramanand were returning home around 10.50 pm, when his brother told him that he wanted something to drink.
“I tell he all over shut up that he can’t get nothing to drink and he tell me Metalay shop open and when abbay go there me give he $5,000 to go buy something to drink”, Dianand said.
He related that he remained outside of the shop on his scooter and watched his brother walk into the shop to purchase his items.
As Ramanand stood at the counter, Dianand said that he noticed that his brother and another person present at the shop began arguing. “Them two start fling up hand and thing and the bai deh far pon am (Ramanand) and me jump down pon the scooter but be time we run go fa bring am out a boy come and shove a knife on he (Ramanand) and a bai run gone.”
A devastated Dianand had said, that he was chased out of the shop by one of the proprietors with a cutlass.
“Me buddy deh in me hand and me had to throw him down on the road. He dead in me hand and me had to throw he down pon the road and he (the cutlass wielding person at the shop) run out with cutlass fa chop me and me tell am me buddy dead and he run gone back and me na get nobody to help carry me buddy a hospital, end up he dead and me and me buddy alone left on the road”, he said.
Ramanand reportedly sustained one stab wound to the left side of his chest.
Meanwhile, a post-mortem yesterday gave the cause of death as shock and haemorrhage and a stab wound to the heart.
