JUSTICE  Navindra Singh and a mixed jury at the  Demerara Assizes in the Good Hope murder trial  yesterday heard a  sad story about  how a man named Gopaul Singh, called ‘Porridge’, was killed at a wedding house celebrations in 2007. Policeman Heranjan Deonarine, who instituted the charge against Chandrapaul Chatteram, also called ‘Buckman’,  said that the  deceased was drunk  and was making jokes with his  friends when Chatteram intervened and struck him with a  beer  bottle.
Detective Constable Deonarine,  who testified  that he was at the wedding house when he saw  the accused  hit out  at  Singh with the  beer bottle said,  that he was about  to apprehend  the accused that night, September 14, 2007, at Fourth Street, Beter Hope, East Coast Demerara,  when the accused made good his escape.
Prosecuting in the case are Mrs. Konyo Thompson and Miss Dhanika Singh.  
The hearing continues on Monday.