STATE prosecutor, Tuanna Hardy, on Thursday, closed the State’s case in the trial of an 18-year-old, who allegedly killed Mahaicony businesswoman, Bibi Nesha Shairoon, called “Shakeela”, during a robbery at her home in 2016.

The teen appeared before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury at the High Court. Justice Singh has set today for the summing up of evidence in the matter, following which he will hand the case to the jury to deliberate on a verdict.

According to the murder indictment, the teen, on October 17, 2016, at Lot 4, Novar, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD), allegedly killed Shairoon. He is being tried as a juvenile since he was 16 when he was charged for the capital offence.

He is represented by Attorney-at-law, Bernard DaSilva.
Last year, co-accused Devanand Rampersaud, called “Juju”, a 27-year-old former fisherman of Berbice, was sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after serving 25 years. He had opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.

Shairoon’s bound body was discovered in her home on October 17, 2016, by a worried relative who had not seen her in two days.
The woman, who lived alone, had operated a grocery store that also sold garden chemicals, cell-phone cards and cell-phones in the lower flat of her home.
She was found with her feet and hands tied, and with what appeared to be marks of violence about her body, primarily her head.
The intruders had gained access to the house by ripping out a few boards of the wall on the lower flat, and after ransacking the place, carted off a number of valuables, including money and phone cards.

The teenager became a suspect after residents revealed that he used to help the woman in the shop, and had had an argument with her.
Rampersaud had confessed to beating the woman in the head with a frying pan, but accused the teen of being the mastermind of the murder and robbery.