An East Canje, Berbice teenager who was arrested in connection with the murder of 17-year-old Shawn Persaud of Betsy Ground, East Canje committed last Saturday evening, was yesterday charged with man-slaughter and placed on $150,000 bail
The 17-year-old teenager yesterday appeared via Zoom at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh where he was read the manslaughter charge.
He was placed on $150,000 bail and will return to the Reliance Magistrate’s Court on November, 17.
Persaud was killed just around 7 pm at Adelphi Village, East Canje, Berbice.
Investigations revealed that the 17-year-old, allegedly stabbed Persaud. A villager told investigators that he heard shouts that Persaud had been stabbed and ran to the cross street in Adelphi Village, where he joined a crowd that had gathered and saw Persaud lying on the ground.
Persaud was taken to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead by a doctor on duty, the police said.
According to information gathered by this newspaper, Persaud and the accused were at a location just over the Adelphi Bridge when an argument ensued during which he was stabbed and the suspect fled the scene. However, he was arrested on Sunday afternoon.
