A dredge owner, charged with killing another man at Agricola last year March, yesterday told a city court that he was beaten by the police to sign a confession.
Jamil Junior Young, also known as Jamil Charles, 29, of 167 Cummings Lodge, showed Chief magistrate Ann McLennan where he claimed he was beaten by police to sign a statement confessing to the murder of Randy Persaud.
It is alleged that Young on March 10th, 2015, at Agricola, East Bank Demerara, murdered Persaud. Young, who appeared unrepresented,
