Accused in Lusignan fatal beating told cops victim tried to rob him

Murder accused Ramchand Persaud, on trial for the fatal beating of another man in Lusignan in 2009, had told police that the deceased attempted to rob him and he hit him once to the head with a piece of wood.

This is according to Persaud’s caution statement, which was admitted into evidence when his trial continued yesterday before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury in the High Court.

Persaud is charged with the murder of Victor Antony Persaud, called “Tony,”