Accused said all he did was look on- Prosecutor
THE Mahaicony murder case began Monday with State Prosecutor Prithima Kissoon telling Justice Dawn Gregory and the mixed jury that the accused, Keith Doris had said all he did was look on while two others beat the victim.
Kissoon said evidence will be led to show that the deceased, Rambaran Singh, a 69-year-old shop owner, at Good Faith, Mahaicony, died after gun-toting bandits attacked him and his son, Rajendra Singh, as they were closing up their liquor restaurant and grocery on November 24, 2006.
“The State will show that Keith Doris went to Mr. Rambarran Singh’s shop in Mahaicony with other men to bully and terrorise and kill, if necessary, the defenceless Rambaran Singh and his family, for their hard earned money,” Kissoon said. 
She went on: “Members of the jury, you will hear testimony that Keith Doris confessed that he was at the scene of the murder together with Belize, John, Buckman and Denise, a woman who drove the men to the scene and the getaway.
“You will hear that the accused confessed that he was there but that he didn’t do anything. He was only looking on.”
But the prosecutor added: “This was no spontaneous act. This robbery was one that was thought about, talked about, strategised, planned and deliberately and unlawfully carried out.
“Keith Doris and those men were equal partners in a crime to do and if necessary kill,” she maintained.
Kissoon said: “During the process of the robbery, an Amerindian man was trying to take away a licensed 12-gauge shotgun owned by Rambaran Singh. He succeeded in doing that and ran out of the bedroom and headed downstairs. Rajendra Singh pursued the Amerindian man, to try to get the gun back and had left his father upstairs.
“The Amerindian man, however, turned around and dragged Rajendra Singh downstairs and the three men proceeded to beat him in the kitchen, by cuffing and kicking him about his head and body, while he lay on the floor of his kitchen, defenceless, unarmed and fearful. Whilst beating him, they incessantly demanded gold and money from him.
The prosecutor related that Rajendra Singh was weakened and fearful for his life and that of his father and, having had the resistance kicked out of him; Rajendra Singh pointed to the safe or chest key that was on the table, before succumbing. 
“The robbers used the key to open the safe located in the eastern corner of the kitchen in which was $800,000 and $2.5 million dollars worth of raw gold. The men took all the valuables in the safe as well as Rajendra Singh’s cell phone and the shotgun and left,” Kissoon said.