Former General Manager of the El Dorado Trading, Neville Chandrawattie has been committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder mineral dealer, Dharamchan Mangra, which occurred four years ago during an alleged gold heist at Port Kaituma.

Chandrawattie also known as “Sunil,” 33, of Sparta, Essequibo Coast was committed by City Magistrate, Judy Latchman, at the end of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI).

Magistrate Latchman in her ruling said that after reviewing the evidence in its entirety, the court found that there is sufficient evidence against the accused for the case to be tried before a judge and jury.

Attorney-at-Law, Glenn Hanoman was appointed as a Special Prosecutor in the case. Chandrawattie and others allegedly planned an armed attack on the El Dorado Trading Company in Port Kaituma on April 21, 2013, during which Mangra was shot in the chest and $3M and a quantity of gold were stolen.

They had stolen 96 ounces of gold valued at $22M, and $71M in cash, making a total of $93M, all the property of Tamesh Jagmohan. In 2015, Chandrawattie was granted $1.575M bail at the Matthew’s Ridge Magistrate’s Court after the matter was transferred there for hearing but as a result of the intervention of senior judicial officials, the decision was revoked and he was further remanded.

The matter was transferred back to the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and was handed to City Magistrate Judy Latchman.