Fisherman pleads guilty to killing overseas-based Guyanese

The accused in the 2021 murder of overseas-based Guyanese businessman Hemraj Pardesi has pleaded guilty and will return to court next month for sentencing.

Mario Bissoondial, a fisherman of Cumberland Village, East Canje, Berbice on Wednesday appeared at the High Court in Berbice before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow where he entered his guilty plea.

In August, 2021, Bissoondial was charged with murdering Pardesi at his Lot 9 Reliance Settle-ment house in the furtherance of a robbery.

He will return to court on February 7th for sentencing.