BRIAN LEITCH Leitch called “bigfoot” was on Wednesday sentenced to 33 years imprisonment by Justice Sandil Kissoon in the Demerara High Court for the murder of South Central proprietor, Joseph Jagdeo called ‘Joey’.

The prosecution’s case was that between the 13th and 14th of November, 2013, the accused murdered Jagdeo and stuffed his body under a bed in room 10 at the deceased’s own place of business.

A post-mortem revealed that 59-year-old Jagdeo died as a result of asphyxia due to manual strangulation. Leitch, who was19 years old at the time, had turned himself over to the police on November 30, 2013, after a wanted bulletin was issued for him. He was charged and remanded to prison to await his first court appearance.

On 4th April his trial began and on 16th April he denied being the killer in the presence of a 12-member jury but was later found guilty of manslaughter when the murder trial came to an end the following day. On Wednesday after all the calculations were made, the accused was sentenced to 33 years in prison.

Speaking to the media, one of Leitch’s relatives said that the true killer is still at large and the police should do their job to find that person whom she believes committed the act with an ulterior motive. The state was represented by Mandel Moore and Lisa Cave while the defence attorneys were Lawrence Harris and Hewley Griffith.