Murder accused Jahryl Reid had admitted to battering businessman Colin McLean in the head with a piece of wood, after the man attempted to sodomise him, according to his caution statement, which was admitted into evidence at his trial yesterday.
Reid, 21, is on trial before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow and a 12-member jury for the April 27, 2014, murder of McLean, 52, at Mabura, Upper Demerara River.
He has pleaded not guilty.
The caution statement was tendered and read by Detective Lance Corporal Rawle Bacchus, who stated that
