Two Corentyne men were yesterday remanded to prison over the murder of the single mother whose lifeless body was found in the backlands after she went missing on Thursday last.
Yogindra Pokhai, 18, of Number 54 Village, Corentyne and Tishan David, 25, of Number 0 Village, Corentyne yesterday appeared before Magistrate Tuanna Hardy at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court where they were jointly charged.
The men were charged with the murder of Ninawattee Nandalall, also known as `Sharda’, 52, a mother of three, of Lot 43 No. 0 Village, Corentyne, committed between April 11 and April 12, 2024 in the course of the furtherance of sexual assault.
The two, who were represented by Attorney at Law, Mursaline Bacchus were not required to plead to the indictable charge as such they were remanded and will return to the Number 51 Magistrate’s Court where the matter has been transferred to on May, 8.
Nandalall’s daughter had told this newspaper that her mother left home just around 11 am on Thursday last to head to the backlands area located through their street to pick mangoes. She had said the woman would make achar, coconut oil and other items to sell.
On Thursday evening, the family became worried after the woman did not return home. “My brother and cousin them start search all over but them na find her”, the young woman said.
The family on Friday last then continued the search where they eventually discovered her battered body along a dam leading to the backlands.
The woman’s nephew, Gunraj Veersammy, 27, who was part of the search team had said that they found the woman’s body with a slit on her throat and forehead. “She hand and so get mark so like she fight back.”
According to the family, when the woman was discovered, her pants were found some distance away and her shirt was pulled all the way to her neck.
Police then placed three persons from within the area under arrest on Friday last and on Saturday Commander of Region Six, Shivpersaud Bacchus confirmed that two males had confessed to the crime providing investigators with the details surrounding what transpired.
A post-mortem examination carried out on the body of Nandalall revealed that she died as a result of asphyxiation, an incised wound to the neck and a fracture of the cervical spine.
