Ayube Hamid, a murder accused who was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Hospital on November 2, died of a heart attack, a post-mortem examination has revealed.
Relatives of Hamid, who at the time was an inmate of the Camp Street Prison, said that they have accepted the findings and are moving on with their lives.
Speaking to Stabroek News yesterday, a sister Rena said, “we accept that and bury him. We can’t do anything”. The woman also stated that she was not in a position to pursue the matter further. Hamid was laid to rest at the Windsor Forest burial ground.
Based on the information gathered by this newspaper, some time during Tuesday night Hamid began feeling unwell and requested medical attention. However, he was told that no medex was available and that he would have to wait until the morning hours.
He was subsequently found in the cell motionless and was rushed to the hospital around 05:30 hrs where he was pronounced dead. A senior prison officer had said that there were no visible marks of violence on the body.
Ayube Hamid, 44, of Winsdor Forest, West Coast Demerara had been charged with the November 2009 killing of his father-in-law, Motilall Singh, a US-based Guyanese.
The bloodied body of Singh was found close to a tiny bridge at Second Street, Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara around 2 am on September 7. He had been stabbed multiple times.
Police had said that the man had been heading to his Second Street, Windsor Forest home when three men confronted and stabbed him several times. Investigators visited the scene and found Singh lying on the road with all his money, jewellery and other personal property intact. He died before receiving medical attention. A post-mortem examination had revealed that Singh, 44, died as a result of haemorrhage and shock due to multiple stab wounds. He had been stabbed about 21 times.
Three days later, Singh’s son-in-law, Hamid called ‘Little’ and Bissoondial Mahadeo, a labourer called ‘Weedman’, appeared in court charged with his murder. His stepchildren: Bibi Farida Khan called ‘Pum’, Shamiza Khan called ‘Sham’, and Hoosman Khan called ‘Strongman’ were charged with procuring and abetting the murder. They were all charged under the same section and were not required to plead to the capital offences and were remanded to prison.
Hamid and the other suspects in the matter had already been committed to stand trial in the High Court and were waiting for a date for the trial to start.
