TWO MEN were on Tuesday committed to stand trial at the High Court after a prima facie case was made out against them for the murder of Theresa and Feresa Rozario and their father Hilrod Thomas back in 2014.

The paper committal against Ganga Krishna, 72, a businessman of Lot 11 North Road, Bourda, Georgetown and his employee, Avishkar Kissoon, 24, of Lot 1 Sheriff Street, Campbellville was done by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.

The Chief Magistrate ruled that a sufficient case was made out against the duo and ruled that the oral statement that the men had given to police were given freely and voluntary.

“Madam, I’m very innocent,” were the words of Krishna as he declined to call witnesses since he would be reserving them for his High Court hearing.

Meanwhile Kissoon echoed the same sentiment as his boss. “I’m innocent,” he said before being committed to the High Court.

The men were represented by Attorneys Nigel Hughes and Glenn Hanoman, in association with Mursaline Bacchus, respectively.

In November, 2014, Theresa Rozario (15) and her 12-year-old sister, Feresa were burnt to death after an early-morning fire destroyed a Robb Street, Georgetown building they were occupying with their father.

The two sisters, who were reportedly asleep, were trapped in the early-morning inferno.

Hilrod Randolph Thomas (63) managed to jump through a window to escape the flames but he sustained second and third-degree burns and later succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

Investigations in this matter took the police two years, then a drug addict reportedly confessed that he was offered money to set fire to the disputed building.

Police believe that the building was torched to drive out individuals who were also claiming ownership of the property by prescriptive rights.