| Twenty-three year-old Satrohan Mannaru called Andrew, of Mibicuri South, Black Bush Polder, who was on trial in the Berbice High Court before Justice Dawn Gregory and a mixed Jury for the murder of his 14-year-old ex-girlfriend Indranie ‘Cynthia’ Basdeo, was yesterday found guilty of the crime and sentenced to 20 years in jail.Satrohan MannaruBasdeo, who had spurned the man’s advances, was brutally murdered at the Mibicuri School Ground during the institution’s Sports Day. She was fatally stabbed under her left breast.Justice Dawn Gregory had taken all morning to address the jury, adjourning for lunch, before continuing her detailed address. She had told them if they agree with anything that both the prosecution and the defence said in their closing addresses, they may use them in their deliberations.The jury then took just about half an hour to return with the unanimous verdict of guilty of murder. When asked if he had anything to say,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, the accused said that he did not. Justice Gregory then told the man that she would take five years from the 25 years she had in mind,Cheap Air Max 90, because it was a crime of passion. He was then sentenced to 20 years. His relatives broke down in tears after the verdict.Earlier, Senior Counsel Bernard De Santos who appeared in association with attorney at law Pamela De Santos had submitted to the jury that his client had showed love for Basdeo. He noted that even when she was on the ground bleeding he hugged her and buckled her with his legs. He had stated that that the entire episode was an accident. He had argued that the accused was committed to the deceased,wholesale nfl jerseys, noting that he tattooed her name on his forearm.State Prosecutor Renita Singh in her submissions had urged the jurors to believe the witnesses’ accounts. She stated that the accused had all intentions of killing the teen, as after stabbing her, he buckled her down and did not allow her relatives to get to her to render assistance. She had stated that 12-year-old witness Chandanie Narine had no reason to dislike the accused whom she said did not want to face the consequences of his actions.Indranie ‘Cynthia’ BasdeoDuring the lengthy trial, the prosecution called a number of witnesses including Detective Assistant Superintendent of Police Gary Mc Alister,Cheap Jerseys Authentic, Pathologist Dr. Vivekanand Bridgemohan who gave the cause of death as puncture to the heart and lung and hemorrhage, father of the deceased Mahase Basdeo,NFL Cheap Jerseys China, her mother Gomattie Latchman, Detective Corporal Andrew Ward, Detective Constable Emanuel Rajnauth,NFL Jerseys From China, Police Constable Maxton Semple, the dead girl’s sister Tulseidai Basdeo, her ex-brother-in-law Arnold Reddy and her cousin 12 year old Chandanie Narine called ‘Chandi’ who was with her at the time she was murdered.The accused had also given an unsworn statement from the dock in which he had stated that the deceased ‘got bore by accident’.The post mortem examination conducted by Government Pathologist, Dr. Brijmohan found that the teen died from a puncture to the heart and hemorrhage. |
