AN alleged confession statement said to be made by murder accused Khemraj Bhoodhoo in the Boyo murder trial has been admitted in evidence.

Justice James Bovell-Drakes who conducted the voir dire (a trial within a trial) to determine the admissibility of the caution statement, ruled that the statement was obtained freely and voluntarily.
Defence Counsel Kevon Bess has subjected the person who took the statement, Inspector Chabinauth Singh, to a lengthy cross-examination,which is intended to prove that the statement was fabricated.
In the caution statement, the accused is recorded as saying that he killed Liendra Roopnarine called ‘Boyo’ because he heard that Boyo had killed his brother Munaa whose body was found at Huntley, Mahaicony.
Inspector Singh admitted that up to the time he put the allegation to the accused, he had information about the killing by the accused, but he did not have written evidence.
But he denied a defence suggestion that was one of the reasons he went out of his way to get a confession.
Bhoodoo, 27, a labourer of 21 Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara is charged with having on the 5th day of December 2005, in the County of Demerara, murdered Liendra Roopnarine, called ‘Boyo’.
Singh under further cross-examination admitted that it is normal to put an allegation to an accused more than three times.
He denied that since he used hearsay evidence to put the allegation to the accused, he had no basis to put the charge to the accused.
In his confession, Bhoodoo called ’Shammy’ had disclosed how he went to the Annandale seawall with ‘Boyo’ where he held his neck in a vice, pulled him down in the swampy area and pushed his head in the mud and held him until he was drowned.
Prosecutrix Miss Natasha Backer is conducting the case for the prosecution.
The trial is continuing.