Corentyne youth charged with killing Bush Lot brothers

An 18-year-old cattle hand was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with the December 31st murders of the Bush Lot farmers Premcharran and Harricharran Samaroo, who were fatally shot during a robbery at their mother’s house.

Keeran Romeo Jeenarine, 18, of Lot 439 Bush Lot Village, was yesterday charged at the Mibicuri Magistrate’s Court.

It is alleged that on December 31st at Lot 446 Bush Lot, Corentyne, he allegedly murdered Premcharran Samaroo, called ‘Tullie,’ and Harricharran Samaroo, called ‘Davo,’ in the course or furtherance of a robbery.