A petition was filed yesterday morning urging Chancellor Yonette Cummings-Edwards to remove Magistrate Alex Moore from presiding over the proceedings against Marcus Bisram, who is accused of masterminding the murder of a Corentyne carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt.
Following years of legal challenges, Bisram was extradited to Guyana late last month and was remanded to prison after he was formally charged with commanding others to murder Narinedatt in 2016. The charge states that between October 31st, 2016 and November 1st, 2016, at Number 70 Village, Corentyne, he counselled, procured and commanded Harri Paul Parsram, Radesh Motie, Niran Yacoob, Diodath Datt and Orlando Dickie to murder Narinedatt.
Stabroek News has seen the petition, which argues that Magistrate Moore’s demeanour during a hearing at the Whim Magistrate’s Court “both in action and language” was openly prejudicial in favour of Bisram and his attorney, Sanjeev Datadin.
