COME November 11, 2019, Rajen Dindial, is expected to lead his defence in the murder of Aliston Henry, who was beaten to death at a ‘wedding house’ in 2017, at Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Dindial, 36, a former resident of Section C Block Y, Golden Grove, EBD, is on remand. Justice Jo-Ann Barlow will be presiding over the case at the Demerara High Court.
On Thursday, October 31, 2019, Justice Barlow overruled a no-case submission which was made by defense attorney Nigel Hughes and called upon Dindial to lead his defense. The matter was adjourned until November 11 for the accused’s defense while summing up will be done on November 12, 2019.

The state is represented by Prosecutor Sarah Martin. Dindial had denied that, on September 3, 2017, at Sarran Street, Grove, East Bank Demerara, he murdered Aliston Henry. According to reports, on the day in question, while at the wedding house celebration Henry had a misunderstanding with Dindial and pushed down a portable toilet which was nearby.

The accused became annoyed and dealt Henry several lashes about his body with a food paddle. The injured man was then taken home by public-spirited persons. He was subsequently taken to the hospital where he succumbed days later.