“Our mother will never be forgiven”

…son of murdered block-maker says still trying to come to grip with father’s gruesome murder

Twenty-one-year-old Oswald Jason Yaw, of Back Circle, East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, who admitted that he was offered Gy$1.7 million to kill 42-year old Herstelling, East Bank Demerara Joiner, Nathan Persaud is expected to make his court appearance today (Thursday) at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

His pay master, Beverly Persaud, who hired him to commit the heinous crime was already charged and remanded to prison.

However, Yaw’s confession came moments after he was arrested by Police ranks attached to the Major Crime Unit on Tuesday evening as he was about to enter his home.

The Police claimed that they were staking out the man’s house for several days. The relatives of the dead man were the ones who provided the information to the Police about the man’s whereabouts after conducting their own investigations.

Nevertheless, during the interrogation, the man also admitted that on the day of the gruesome murder, he lured Persaud into the house under the pretext of using the washroom. While in the house, he told investigators that he attacked Persaud from behind but a fight ensured during which he collected a piece of clay brick and struck the man to his head.

He then took a knife and stabbed the man at least twice which caused him to fall to the ground. He completed the job by using the hammer to bash in his head. He reportedly struck the man 20 times.

He stated the murder was planned by the now dead man’s wife Beverly Persaud who offered to pay him Gy$100,000 weekly installments until the full amount of Gy$1.7 million was paid off. He took up the offer, claiming that he would have finally had enough money to visit his girlfriend in Antigua.

Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told Guyana Times International that the file is with the Director of Public Prosecutions Shalimar Ali Hack and her recommendation is expected early today (Thursday). He noted that once the advice is sought, they will waste no time to prosecute.

Meanwhile, one of the sons of the dead man told this publication that after they would have received information about the killer’s whereabouts, they informed the Police.

“We received a call from a friend telling us that the man was seen in the hammock… that was like 11 and we immediately alerted the Police but they arrived at the scene till after five”, the young man stated. On the other hand, the son stated that the Police would have also arrested his cousin (his mother’s niece) in connection with the murder.

The young man stated that the young woman’s best friend is the girlfriend of the murder suspect. The murder suspect, he added, was seen by his younger brother visiting his mother’s home in Diamond, on the East Bank of Demerara.

“My young brother would tell us that a man would visit the house in Diamond while he was staying with my mother but whenever he is around, the man and my mother and the niece would talk in codes and talk softly”.

As such, he feels that his cousin knew something about the murder and hopes that the Police continue to interrogate her. The Police however, have confirmed that the young woman has already been released.

In addition, the young man refuted claims that his father’s life was in danger. He argued that his father had a feeling that something was amiss due to his ex-wife behaviour. “We tried to get him to leave the country, but he insisted that he has to stay to take care of us”, the young Persaud stated.

At no point in time, did his father received death threats, he iterated. His father, he stated, has been laid to rest and they are still trying to come to grip with the reality of his death. His mother, the young man disclosed, will never be forgiven for taking away their father who was the backbone of the family.

The 42-year-old man was found dead in his house on Thursday last in a pool of blood in the living room of his Lot 66 Herstelling New Housing Scheme home. An autopsy proved the he died as a result of blunt trauma to the head.