Murder accused’s statement implicated co-defendant in nine-year-old Sade’s rape

Sade Stoby

– court hears

Charles Cush, one of the two men accused of the murder of Sade Stoby, gave a statement to police in which he admitted witnessing his co-accused Jevon Wharton and another man raping the nine-year-old at Mocha in 2007.

Cush, 21, and Wharton, 23, are on trial for the November 2007 murder before Justice Navindra Singh and a mixed jury. The men allegedly committed the crime at Barnwell, Mocha, East Bank Demerara and they were 14 and 16 years old, respectively, at the time.

Cush’s statement was admitted into evidence and marked as an exhibit in the trial by Justice Navindra Singh after a