Three charged with killing Uitspa man in robbery

Three men were yesterday charged with the murder of Dhanpaul Dookie, who was fatally stabbed during a robbery at his Uitspa Village, Demerara River home last week.

Chanderpaul Persaud, 45, Harilall Ramdan, 54, and Javishwar Ghani, 29, were read a joint charge, which stated that between July 24 and July 26, at Uitspa Village, Linden Highway, they murdered Dookie, called “Pauline,” in the course or furtherance of a robbery.

Persaud, a farmer, Ramdan, also a farmer, and Ghani, a fisherman, were not required to plead to the indictable charge.