AN East Bank Essequibo man who was initially the person to purchase the hijacked car of 17-year-old Dhanraj Latchman from the two cousins who had killed him to obtain his car will not be charged with any offence.The Guyana Chronicle has been reliably informed that the Director of Public Prosecution has advised that the man be used as a state witness to testify against the two suspects who confessed to strangling their one-time friend.

The police contention, supported by the two cousins’ alleged confession, is that the two had killed the teenager and taken his car to sell to the state witness — Robin. The two had also confessed to Robin that they had killed the teenager in order to obtain his vehicle.

This publication has also been informed that after realising that the men had killed the teenager, Robin had informed them that he was no longer interested in purchasing the vehicle from them.
However he did not immediately report the matter to the police, and only began realising the gravity of the situation when details of the plan were made known to him when the police visited him and arrested him in connection with the crime.

In fact, it was he who reportedly began telling investigators of the actions of the men when the two, who incidentally were at the Vigilance Police Station, started confessing to the crime after being told that Robin had leaked certain information to the investigators.

Latchman’s family members turned up at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday in expectation that the matter would be called, but that did not happen.

Following the post-mortem the police took the file to the Chamber of the Director of Public Prosecution, which returned same, late yesterday afternoon with advice that the two cousins be charged with murder and the would-be purchaser of the vehicle be used to testify against them.

Meanwhile, at the court yesterday, three women who showed up claiming to be aunts of the two suspects were heard sympathizing with the relatives of the late Latchman.
One of the women was even heard saying that while the boys are her nephews, she has no form of support to give them after what they had done to Latchman. The woman said she was hurt after she heard the news, and feels the pain of Latchman’s mother for the loss of her son.

The woman said the move was senseless, and that she hopes her relatives who are responsible are dealt with accordingly, and that the relatives of the late Latchman receive the justice they so correctly deserve.
Written By Leroy Smith