Aaron Hing, godbrother of British teenager, Dominic Bernard, will face trial at the High Court in Berbice over the murder of the teenager in 2015 at Kildonan, Corentyne, after a not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf at the court yesterday.
Hing, who is being represented by attorney-at-law, Sanjeev Datadin, had initially pleaded guilty to the crime at the beginning of yesterday’s hearing. However, after his summary of the incident, Justice Sandil Kissoon was forced to enter a not-guilty plea after Hing basically labelled himself a victim in the matter. The trial is to begin this morning.
After Hing’s initial guilty plea yesterday, attorney-at-law, Latchmie Rahamat, who was appointed special prosecutor in the matter, in her summary of the facts explained that Bernard, 18, had arrived in Guyana on October 14, 2015, and was uplifted from the airport by Hing and his friend, George in a rented car.
