A FRIENDSHIP, East Bank Demerara man was on Thursday committed to stand trial at the High Court for the unlawful killing of his wife.
Thirty-one-year-old Vindra Krishna Siriram of Lot 34 Friendship, EBD, was accused of murdering his 25-year-old common-law wife, Shellyann Persaud, between June 9 and 10 at their Friendship home, by strangling and suffocating her in a bucket of water.
Siriram will stand trial at the next sitting of the Demerara Assizes and was represented by attorney-at-law Mr. Keavon Bess.
The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) was conducted before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and he was informed that a prima facie case had been made out against him.
Three children, eight-year-old Lisa; Ashley, four; and Arianna Siriram were born out of the couple’s common-law union.
Approximately nine witnesses testified in the matter on behalf of the prosecution. The matter was prosecuted by Police Inspector Michael Grant.