Miner charged with fatal Potaro Backdam beating

Mohabeer Gangadeen

A Yarrowkabra miner was yesterday charged with the murder of a co-worker, whom he allegedly beat to death during an alcohol-fuelled clash last Saturday at a dredge site in the Potaro Backdam.

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan read the murder charge to Naresh Baldeo, aka ‘Black Boy.’

It is alleged that Baldeo, on August 12, at Potaro Backdam, Potaro River, murdered Mohabeer Gangadeen, of Timehri.