Kilcoy fisherman’s relatives stage protest for justice after accused in killing gets bail

Alexander Yhap

The relatives of slain Corentyne fisherman Alexander Yhap staged a protest along the Albion Main Road yesterday after the man who is accused of fatally stabbing him was granted $250,000 bail on Monday when he was arraigned on a manslaughter charge. 

The accused, Arjune Mohabir, 22, a fisherman of Lot 80 Kilcoy Squatting Area, appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on Monday before Magistrate Peter Hugh, who read the charge which alleges that he unlawfully killed Yhap at Kilcoy Squatting Area. 

Mohabir, who was not required to enter a plea, was granted his release on $250,000 bail.