Trinidad: Alleged killer charged for Parliament clerk’s murder

Mariana Moonisar (left), Jonathan Ramroop (right)
Mariana Moonisar (left), Jonathan Ramroop (right)

(Trinidad Express) A 24-year-old man has been charged with murdering Parliament clerk Mariana Moonisar and the wounding her father.

He will appear in the Chaguanas Magistrates’ Court today.

Jonathan Ramroop, a labourer of Dow Village, California, was charged with murder, wounding with intent and possession of firearm and ammunition.

At around 5:15am on August 3, last year Moonisar and her father were in a car traveling along Brechin Castle Road, when they approached by two male suspects, who shot at them.

Moonisar died at hospital.

Ramroop was arrested on Saturday.

Investigations were supervised by Supt. Winchester, and charges were laid by WPC Callender, of the HBI Region 3.