A 12-year-old girl and her teen sister were among four persons charged with the murder of the 64-year-old Non Pareil pensioner who was found dead on the Coldingen Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara, last Sunday.

The four persons appeared before Magistrate Zamina Ally-Seepaul at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court where they were charged with the murder of Roger Manikam.

They were remanded until May 6.

Those charged were the pensioner’s daughters Nalini Manikam, 18, her 12 – year-old sister, Veeram Dias Lall, 24, all of Non Pareil; and Devon Browne, 25, of Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara.

The 12-year-old is being held at the Juvenile Detention Centre in Georgetown.

At court, there was a battle of words between families. The court heard that Lall, who is the boyfriend of the 18-year -old was the mastermind behind the murder. It was also disclosed that the two girls admitted to the murder during an interrogation by investigators.

The court heard that the eldest daughter lured her father to the kitchen where she delivered the fatal blow to the man’s head, using an axe. According to the prosecution, with the help of Lall they then wrapped the body in construction plastic and dumped it on the Railway

Embankment at Coldingen.

Browne was the person who helped to transport the body.

The girls had initially claimed that they were verbally and physically abused by the man and also later claimed that they were also sexually assaulted by him.