Man on trial for murdering Bushlot couple in 2016

A man is on trial at the High Court in Berbice for murdering a Bushlot Village, West Coast Ber-bice, couple, in January, 2016, after he pleaded not guilty to the indictment when he appeared in court yesterday.

Neezamudin Rafeek also known as ‘Shazam’, appeared with his lawyer, Mursaline Bacchus, where he pleaded not guilty to murdering Arthur Doodnauth Rajkumar and Diane Chamanlall between January 8, 2016 and January 9, 2016, in the course or furtherance of a burglary.

After Rafeek’s not-guilty plea yesterday, a jury was empanelled after which the trial commenced.