After over seven years on remand for the murder of a reputedly mentally ill man, Omar Bacchus yesterday pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter, when he appeared at the Berbice Assizes before Justice Brassington Reynolds. The plea was accepted by the state.
Bacchus had been charged with the murder of Chandradat Hemraj, committed between Saturday, August 30, 2008 and Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at Bloomfield Village, Corentyne.
The prisoner had been admitted to the penitentiary on September 5, 2008, and was committed to stand jury trial on December 21, 2011.
