Five in custody over murder of Bath businessman

Mohamed Haniff

Four more persons are now in custody over the alleged home invasion which ended with the murder of Bath Settlement businessman, Mohamed Haniff, bringing the total number of persons detained  to five. 

Haniff, also known as ‘Raymond’, 47, of Lot 56 Experiment, Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, was reportedly beaten with an iron bar and chopped multiple times in his head with a cutlass on Friday evening.

He was rushed to the Fort Wellington Hospital after which he was transferred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital where he died around 1.30 am on Saturday.