A 39-year-old food vendor was allegedly murdered on Sunday last after he reportedly refused to pay the sum of money requested by a man he allegedly had a sexual relationship with and who has now been charged with murder. A release from the police said that at around 7.30 pm on October 7 last the body of Gopaul Outar of Anchorville, Port Mourant, was found in his home. A post- mortem examination performed on his body on Wednesday last found that he died as a result of manual strangulation. Investigations led to the arrest of 28-year-old labourer Shameer Sokwat of the same village who appeared in the Albion Magistrate’s court on Thursday and was remanded after the charge of murder was read to him.
According to the police release it was revealed that Sokwat and the deceased were allegedly involved in a homosexual relationship during which the suspect was refused a sum of money requested. He became annoyed and allegedly strangled the man.
