….defence complete submissions, prosecution set to reply

ATTORNEYS for Ganga Krishna and Avishkar Kissoon, the men accused of torching a Robb Street, Georgetown property which took the lives of three persons, have provided written

and oral submissions to Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and the prosecution.
The submissions relate to the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of a 63-year-old man and his two daughters.

Krishna, 72, a businessman of Lot 11 North Road, Bourda and his employer, Kissoon, 24, of Lot 1 Sheriff Street, Campbellville, are currently on remand for the arson/ murder of the trio. In November, 2014, Theresa Rozario, 15, and her 12-year-old sister, Feresa Rozario, were burnt to death after an early-morning fire destroyed a Robb Street, Georgetown building they were occupying with their father.
The two sisters, who were reportedly asleep, were trapped in the early-morning inferno.
Hilrod Randolph Thomas, 63, managed to jump through a window to escape the flames but he sustained second and third-degree burns and later succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

Investigations in this matter took the police two years after a drug addict reportedly confessed that he was offered money to set fire to the disputed building. Police believe that the building was torched to drive out individuals who were also claiming ownership of the property by prescriptive rights.
Attorney Mursalin Bacchus is representing Kissoon, while Nigel Hughes is representing Ganga. The matter is being prosecuted by Inspector Neville Jeffers.
Bacchus handed over a written submission to the chief magistrate, while Hughes opted to give an oral submission to the court. The matter has been adjourned to January 16, when Prosecutor Jeffers is expected to respond to the submissions.