Defence counsel a ‘no-show’; PI adjourned

PRINCIPAL Magistrate Judy Latchman was on Tuesday forced to adjourn the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Deonarine Liliah and his son Omkar, of Craig Street, Campbellville.
The adjournment was caused by the absence of defence counsel Melville Duke.

Orlando Douglas, 31, also of Campbellville, is currently on remand for the murder of 61-year-old Liliah and his 28-year-old son during the course of a robbery between July 7, 2018 and July 10, 2018.

Police prosecutor Shawn Gonsalves on Tuesday called the final witness to testify. However, on account of Duke’s absence, the case was adjourned to April 15, 2019.

The Guyana Chronicle had previously reported that the father and son were last seen alive on July 7 at their Campbellville home; but after a foul stench started to emanate from the premises, three days later, their tenant called the police and their decomposing bodies were discovered.

The police managed to recover CCTV footage which showed an unidentified male jumping the western fence and entering the house.
A post-mortem report revealed that the victims had been stabbed a total of 66 times.