The taxi driver who confessed to the robbery and murder of the Guyana Goldfields Manager was on Tuesday slapped with a murder charge and appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Anthony Ragnauth, 22, who is also a mechanic, is accused of killing Neil Whyte on May 21, 2018, at Thomas Street, North Cummingsburg, Georgetown.
Attorney for the accused, Latchmie Rahamat, told the court that her client was badly beaten by the Police. She claimed that the ranks used a baton to squeeze his testicles but to date, Ragnauth has not received any medical attention and is currently is “great discomfort”.
Magistrate Daly granted a request made by Attorney Rahamat for her client to be examined by a doctor.
He was remanded and will return to court on June 18.
It was previously reported that Ragnauth, who resides in La Penitence, Georgetown, also reportedly handed over the suspected murder weapon to investigators as well as the victim’s personal belongings that were removed from his apartment.
Whyte was discovered naked, lying in a pool of blood on his bed, with his hands bound in front of him. He was stabbed several times. The man’s body was discovered by a security guard attached to the apartment building.
After statements were given to the Police by the said security official, a former colleague of Whyte was initially arrested.
The security had told investigators that prior to Whyte’s death, he had escorted an ex-colleague into the apartment.
According to the guard, the ex-colleague left the building with a haversack on his back. The former colleague was arrested the day after Whyte’s death and later released from custody after his alibi was checked out.
Based on surveillance footage, Ragnauth was arrested and reportedly confessed to the crime within hours of interrogation. Meanwhile, a Police source close to the investigation told this publication that they are also now focusing their attention on the security guard, who might have intentionally let the suspect into the compound to carry out the robbery.
