THE High Court trial of three persons who are accused of the vigilante murder of a 22-year-old fisherman in 2017 is expected to commence on Tuesday before a 12-member jury

Former Alliance For Change (AFC) Councillor Mandy Sukhdeo, along with her father Surendra Sukhdeo and a neighbour, Rean Ghani, all formerly of Ruby, East Bank Essequibo have pleaded not guilty to killing Shereffudeen Mohamed Nazamudeen, called “Sheriff” on February 14, 2017, at Ruby.
Justice Navindra Singh will be presiding over the trial.

The state will be represented by prosecutor Tiffani Lyken, while Attorneys-at-law Nigel Hughes and his associates Ronald Daniels and Sophia Findlay are on record for the Sukhdeos and Attorney-at-law Khemraj Ramjattan for Ghani.

The Guyana Chronicle was made to understand that Mandy and Nazamudeen are known to each other, since they grew up together in Ruby.

Mandy had told the police that on the day in question she was walking along the Ruby Access Road, when Nazamudeen grabbed her bag and ran away. She raised an alarm and her father and neighbour came to her aid.

It is alleged that they managed to corner Nazamudeen in a nearby yard and dealt him several blows about his body. They then tied him up with pieces of wire and rope and continued beating him about his body.
Nazamudeen sustained several injuries about his body and was taken to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, where he subsequently died.

Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh has confirmed that Nazamudeen died from haemorrhage and shock due to multiple blunt force traumas to his head, chest, and other parts of his body.