FOUR DAYS after killing his 18-month-old niece over a pair of earrings, Sherwin Roberts on Tuesday appeared before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan, charged with murder.
Roberts called ‘Big Head’, was not required to plea to the charge which alleged that on September 1, 2017 at Lot 98 North Sophia, Georgetown, he murdered Ronasha Pilgrim.

Police Prosecutor, Arwin Moore told the court that the post mortem report is still

outstanding and the Magistrate adjourned the matter to September 25, 2017. The Chief Magistrate also ordered that Roberts be placed under the supervision of a probation officer until the completion of the preliminary inquiry (PI).

According to reports, on the day in question, the toddler along with her brothers, aged 10 and 12 years, was left in the house by her father, a security guard, while he went to work. It is alleged that the accused, her 18-year-old uncle, at about 03:30 hrs the said day, broke a window, and gained entry into the house where he tried to relieve the child of her earrings.

But in trying to do so, the child started to scream and the man tossed her through a window into the swamped yard. He then hurried away from the area, but not before placing a pile of wood on top of the child, who was submerged in 18 inches of water and slush. When the child was discovered by her father shortly after, she was in a motionless state and was transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.

The suspect was arrested at his ‘B’ Field Sophia home shortly after the incident. He reportedly confessed to the police at the Prashad Nagar Police Station and explained to ranks that he was “high on weed.”