| – Hung jury for three others on trial for stepfather’s killingAt least four hours elapsed yesterday before the Jury returned with the verdict in the murder trial in which four persons were accused of unlawfully killing , US-Based Guyanese, Motielall Singh.Bissondial Mahadeo called ‘Weed Man’ (L) and Hoosman KhanFollowing the summing up by Justice Navindra Singh, the twelve members of the mixed jury returned with a unanimous verdict of not guilty, for the number one accused in the matter Bissoondial Mahadeo, called ‘Weed Man’, while the three remaining accused – Farida Khan, called ‘Pum’, Bibi Shamiza Khan called ‘Sham,’ and Hoosman Khan, called ‘Strongman’ (Singh’s stepchildren) – will remain in prison to await a retrial as a consequence of a hung jury.The four accused were all on trial for the murder, which was committed in September 2009. They were represented by Attorneys-at-Law Glenn Hanoman and Senior Counsel Bernard De Santos.The victim, a resident of Lot 290 Hemlock Street, Brooklyn New York,Yeezy Scarpe Italia, was found lying in pool of blood at First Street Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara.During his arrest, the number three accused,Maglia Inter 2018 19 Bambino, Hoosman Khan, told investigators that he was at First Street Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara, with his stepfather when three masked men attacked them from behind. Khan told police that the men told him to “run for his life,” which he did.He subsequently took the police officers to the scene, where the lifeless body of a man was seen, lying in a pool of blood.Police investigators later recovered the ‘black knob’ of a knife from the crime scene.During the announcement, the Jury foreman explained that four jurors had returned a guilty verdict for Farida Khan, Bibi Shamiza Khan, and Hoosman Khan, but the remaining jurors were undecided.The three accused will remain in prison awaiting retrial at the next practical sitting of the Demerara Criminal Assizes.Justice Singh said that while the Jury had “quite shockingly,” returned a not guilty verdict for Bissoondial Mahadeo, and he was allowed to go free, Prosecutor Judith Mursalin-Gildharie, who is appearing on behalf of the State, had expressed the intention to appeal the verdict of acquittal.Bibi Shamiza Khan (L) and Farida KhanThe courtroom of Justice Singh remained silent throughout the reading of the verdict. However, after the conclusion of the trial, relatives of the deceased expressed their dissatisfaction in the legal system.“I am quite upset that today the person who may have actually stabbed my brother to death has walked free… I don’t see how that can happen it’s quite fishy… that verdict, “Savitri Singh said in giving vent to her frustration.Initially the four accused were charged along with Ayube Hamid, called ‘Little’. However, Hamid subsequently died in prison leaving the others to stand trial for murder.Both the Prosecution and Defence presented their final arguments before the Judge and Jury at the High Court on Wednesday.Both Defence Attorneys had made no case submissions in the matter. The Lawyers pointed the court to discrepancies in the evidence presented by prosecution’s witnesses,Adidas Deerupt DK, and questioned the consistency of the testimony given by the police.The Attorneys also questioned the circumstances under which the statements of the accused were procured, as the two male defendants had alleged police brutality.However, Prosecutor Mursalin-Gildharie had disputed that the accused had never alleged police brutality before. This piece of evidence,Maillot Psg Pas Cher, she said, is not consistent with the evidence presented in the Magistrates’ Court.“This is the first time, more than four years after the evidence was presented in the Magistrate’s Court that detailed allegations of police brutality are being made,Camiseta Bar?a 2018-19,” Mursalin-Gildharie argued.Dead: Motielall SinghThe Prosecutor explained that the plot to kill Singh was conjured up after he expressed his desire to divorce the mother of the three accused, leaving them with nothing.In her opening statement to the court,Wholesale Shoes China, the Prosecutor revealed that the post mortem report stated that Singh died of shock and haemorrhage due to multiple stab wounds. He had been stabbed 20 times about his body. |
