A LUSIGNAN prisoner who escaped last November was on Tuesday morning nabbed by residents of Ruby, East Bank Essequibo while stealing from a chicken farm in the area. Police said Phillip Jhagroo, 48, called “Tanky”, had escaped on November 21, 2020 while he was housed at the Georgetown Prison “B” (Holding Bay).
He will be charged, criminally, for escaping from lawful custody. Jhagroo, along with Mark Emmanuel, 18, and Donald Baird, 40, escaped from the Lusignan Prison on November 21, 2020 by using a bedsheet as a rope. Jhagroo was charged with the murder of Mark Narine, known as “Marco”, between March 30- 31, 2019 at School Dam, Richmond Hill, Leguan. Reports indicate that Narine and Jhagroo were friends, and were drinking together when an argument erupted between them.
Narine reportedly left the drinking spot, and as he was riding his motorcycle along School Dam, he was lashed off the ‘bike’ by Jhagroo, who allegedly threw him into a nearby trench. The next day, Narine’s lifeless body was discovered in the trench. An autopsy confirmed that Narine died from drowning, but he had wounds to his head consistent with being hit with an object.