-suspect confesses to crime

A family feud has resulted in the death of a 48-year-old man at Free Yard, Port Mourant last Wednesday.

Dead is Deochand Singh, known as Michael Singh and Mike, a car driver. He received multiple stab wounds to the neck before being tossed into a pool at his residence.

The gruesome attack took place just after 20:30 hrs, moments after Singh had returned home from a wake.
The dead man’s wife Mandrani said he left home at 17:30 hrs to attend a wake in the neighbourhood. Just moments before she had telephoned him, urging him to return home as he had stayed out late the previous night.

In the meanwhile, the 20-year old suspect allegedly had planned the fatal assault on his stepfather with whom he had a grievance for over five years.
The grumble stemmed from the fact that the now deceased had fathered a child with the suspect’s then 15-year-old sister when the family lived in Venezuela.
This newspaper was informed that after the teen delivered the child there were constant arguments and the family returned to their homeland, leaving the newborn and her mother behind.
However, from all indications the suspect never forgave his stepfather for his actions which brought the family unnecessary reprisals.
Additionally, residents claimed the now deceased was always a fraudster as he used to make counterfeit notes. He was accused of drafting his stepson into his schemes. The suspect’s older sibling is currently facing a fraud related charge at the Whim Magistrate Court.
Meanwhile, the suspect, who is currently in police custody, has since confessed to the crime.
He has revealed that after his stepfather left home for the wake, he [the suspect] knew that the older man would have consumed alcohol, making him an easy prey.
Shortly before 20:30 hrs, the suspect waited and ambushed the unsuspecting Singh, at the front gate. Being armed with a piece of wood, he inflicted a lash on the man’s head, resulting in the 200-pounder falling to the ground. It was after the fall, that the suspect, using a knife, inflicted 18 stab wound to Singh’s body. Fourteen of those wounds were inflicted on the neck, before it was slashed. Thereafter, the body was thrown into a pond in the family yard.
However, an eyewitness telephoned the cops after efforts were made to conceal the body.
Minutes later, ranks from the Whim Police Station, swooped on the premises, where the suspect was arrested and the body was retrieved.
It was after the police swooped down at Free Yard, Port Mourant, that the widow knew what had happened.
The remains of Deochand Singh was taken to the Port Mourant Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The suspect Inderjeet Sewdat is in police custody assisting with investigations.

(June Bailey Van-Keric)