Two men who were in 2017 charged with the murders of Constance Fraser, 89, and Phyllis Caesar, 77, yesterday admitted to committing the crime and now await sentencing.
Imran Khan, called Christopher Khan, and Stephen Andrews yesterday appeared before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the High Court in Georgetown, where they both opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.
Khan and Andrews were jointly charged along with Phillip Suffrien, who has not been given a trial date as yet.
The charges against the duo stated that between October 2nd and October 3rd, 2017, at Lot 243 South Road and Albert Street, they murdered Fraser and Caesar.
At the hearing, Keoma Griffith, the attorney for both accused, asked that a probation report be prepared for his clients.
The state’s case, which was presented by prosecutor Abigail Gibbs, stated that the women resided alone at their South Road and Albert Street home. On the day in question, Khan and Andrews broke and entered the home, tied them up, strangled and gagged them and subsequently searched the home for cash and other valuables.
It was also further stated that both men made their escape and headed to Albouystown with the valuables they retrieved from the women’s home.
The matter was further adjourned until October 24th for the presentation of probation reports and for sentencing.
The bodies of Fraser and Caesar were discovered by members of their church after attempts made to contact them proved futile. They were found both bound and gagged in separate bedrooms. Post-mortem examinations which were conducted revealed that the women both died as a result of asphyxiation, due to suffocation and manual strangulation along with trauma to the head.
