Former gold company manager, other plead guilty to heist

A former General Manager of El Dorado Trading and another man who were among four persons charged with committing a brazen $93 million gold heist in 2013, earlier this month decided to change their pleas to guilty and were sentenced to jail time by Magistrate Alex Moore.

Neville Chandrawattie, called ‘Sunil of Essequibo and Anil Dairam of Lot 52 Blairmont, West Bank Berbice threw in the towel almost three years after being charged with the crime. One changed his plea on May 9 and the other the following day.

Chandrawattie and Diaram together with Kenneth Garraway, of Lot 37 Charity Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast and Amirullah Kuturatullah, 45, of Lot 23 Blairmont, West Bank Berbice were accused of planning the gold theft at the Port Kaituma business place on November 8, 2013.