Upper Corentyne villagers stage protest as accused in carpenter’s murder attend hearing

Niran Yacoob

Villagers of the Upper Corentyne area turned out in their numbers at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court yesterday in a show of support for the relatives of murdered Number 70 Village carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt.

Residents of Number 70 Village stood with placards as five of the six accused in Narinedatt’s murder entered the courtyard to attend a scheduled hearing.

The five men, Radesh Motie, 39, Diodath Datt, 18, Harri Paul Parsram, 49, Orlando Dickie and Niran Yacoob, 37, appeared before Magistrate Charlyn Artiga, who heard a request by one of the defence lawyers for full discovery.