– accused to return to court in eight weeks
ONE week after making their appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged with the murder of 17-year-old Dhanraj Latchman of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, the two unrepresented accused yesterday appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse at the Leonora Court, and were again unrepresented.

When the matter was called, the magistrate informed the two, Asaf Alli and Abdool Shazim Razack, that the matter was being adjourned to August 19, 2014.
Yesterday the two accused did not enjoy the support of their relatives and that has been the case since they first appeared in court.
Last week two aunts of the men showed up at the court but informed this newspaper that they were not supportive of the men’s actions and wished that they would feel the full force of the law.
Latchman was allegedly murdered by his two friends who were planning his death for two weeks after arranging to sell his car. They reportedly told investigators that they killed the man at the Parika Backdam.
The teen’s car was discovered several miles from where the men had murdered him but his body was discovered a day after the car was located. The suspects reportedly confessed to killing the taxi driver and later detailed to the police how the entire plan was crafted.
Meanwhile, another person who was listed as an accessory to the crime was later allowed to testify for the state on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions. There has still been no word yet on what the police are doing with the father of one of the teens who reportedly attempted to pervert the course of justice.
Another man whom the two accused were planning to sell the deceased’s vehicle to was also arrested in the investigation but the DPP advised that with the evidence provided so far implicating the two in the murder of the teen, the would-be buyer should be used as a state witness.
Dhanrag’s mother told this publication that she was not prepared to take any settlement from the relatives of the accused for what they have done to her son.
Latchman was murdered on June 11 at the Parika backdam and his body dumped in the canefield. His bloated and discoloured body was discovered by relatives who went in search of him.
By Leroy Smith