Two men, who made their first appearance at the Demerara High Court on Tuesday, are expected to be sentenced for the 2017 murders of Constance Fraser and her niece Phyllis Caesar, after they both opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.
Imran Khan and his accomplice, Steven Andrews, stood before Justice Sandil Kissoon and admitted to the manslaughter charge which stated that between October 2 and 3, 2017, during the course of a robbery at South Road, Georgetown, they killed the women.
Previous reports indicated that the now deceased were found in the upper flat of their home, in their respective bedrooms lying unconscious on their beds. Caesar’s hands and legs were bound, and a piece of cloth stuffed in her mouth. A Post-Mortem Examination revealed that both women were strangled to death.
The women were last seen by church members and their bodies were subsequently discovered by a church member after they did not show up to church as was customary.
As a result of the guilty plea, the duo are expected to be sentenced on October 24, in order to facilitate the preparation and presentation of a probation report.
Meanwhile, another of the duo’s accomplices, namely Phillip Suffrein, is also expected to face a high court trial as he was charged jointly with Khan and Andrews at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
The State’s case was presented by Prosecutor Abigail Gibbs, while both of the convicted men were represented by Defence Attorney Keoma Griffith.
