THREE years after businesswoman Bibi Nesha Shairoon called ‘Shakeela’ was killed, during an invasion at her Novar, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara home, her ‘killer’, on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, confessed to the gruesome crime.

Devanand Rampersaud, called ‘Juju’, a 27-year-old former fisherman of Berbice, was charged with the capital offence.

However, on Wednesday, he opted to plead guilty to manslaughter. Rampersaud confessed that, on October 17, 2016, at Lot 4 Novar, Mahaicony, ECD, he unlawfully killed Ali

Rampersaud’s attorney requested that a probation report on his client be prepared and presented before sentencing.

The matter was adjourned until October 15, 2019 for hearing of the probation report and sentencing.

A 16-year-old young man, who is said to be the mastermind behind the businesswoman’s murder, was charged jointly in the indictment. He is set to return to court on Thursday, October 3, 2019. He is being held at the juvenile holding center.

Shairoon’s bound body was discovered in her Lot 3 Novar, Mahaicony East Coast Demerara home on October 17, 2016.

The dead woman operated a grocery store that also sold garden chemicals, cell phone cards and cell phones. It was situated in the lower flat of her home, which was also ransacked.

The teenager became a suspect in the murder after residents revealed that he used to help the woman in the shop and he had an argument with her.

Meanwhile, reports also indicated that Rampersaud confessed to beating the woman in the head with a frying pan and accused the teen of being the mastermind of the murder and robbery.

The body of the woman, who lived alone, was found by a relative, who went to check on her after she was not seen since October 15, 2016.

The shop-owner was found with her feet and hands tied and with what appeared to be marks of violence on her body, primarily on her head.

The intruders gained access to the house by ripping out a few boards of the wall on the lower flat of the house after which they ransacked the place and carted off valuables, including money, phone cards among other things.