Man accused of killing stepfather remanded

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Twenty-year-old Inderjeet Sewdan of Free Yard Port Mourant, Corentyne was on Monday remanded to prison when he made his first court appearance before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Whim Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge of murder.

Sewdan, a labourer, is accused of killing his 48-year-old step-father Deochand Singh on August 13 at Free Yard, Port Mourant. He was unrepresented in court.

A post-mortem examination conducted on the body of Singh by Dr, Vivekanand Brijmohan at the New Amsterdam hospital revealed that the man died from multiple injuries. He reportedly suffered 18 stab wounds, 14 around his neck, a wound to his head and lacerations about his body.

According to reports, the gruesome crime stemmed from a family feud which began when Singh allegedly impregnated the accused’s sister, who was 15 at the time. This reportedly occurred five years ago in Venezuela while they were living there.

Singh allegedly fled to Guyana after the incident and moved in with the suspect’s mother, who bore two children for him. The woman also has three older children, one daughter and two sons. The step-sons were allegedly upset at Singh for impregnating their under-aged sister.

On the day of the murder, Singh reportedly returned home from a wake and was entering his residence when the step-son, who was allegedly armed with a cutlass, knife and a piece of wood, attacked him. It is understood that the attacker and other individuals then threw Singh’s body in a pond and tried to dispose of the weapons. However, the cutlass was later recovered by authorities. Sewdan is expected to make his next court appearance on September 15.

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