Man acquitted of 2007 murder of gold dealer

Neville Chandrawattie

Former El Dorado Trading Company General Manager Neville Chandrawattie, was yesterday afternoon discharged of the 2007 murder of his co-worker, gold and diamond dealer Dharam Chanmangra, after High Court Judge Jo-Ann Barlow upheld a no-case submission the man’s attorney made.

Chandrawattie called ‘Sunil,’ was on trial before a jury at the High Court in Demerara, for the charge which stated that on April 21st, 2007 he murdered Chanmangra during a robbery at the El Dorado Trading Company, Port Kaituma.

Following the conclusion of a voir dire, Justice Barlow said that the police failed to accurately annotate a caution statement (CS) they claim the accused had given.