BIBI Nazeela Habiboodean and the man she allegedly hired to kill her 76-year-old father are currently on trial before Justice Sandil Kissoon and a jury at the Demerara High Court. Habiboodean and Linden Lewis, called “Bullet” have pleaded not guilty to murdering the elder Habiboodean on February 15, 2008 at Ruby, East Bank Essequibo. The state is being represented by senior state prosecutor Lisa Cave. Attorneys-at-law Latchmie Rahamat and Roger Yearwood are on record for the accused.
The trial commenced, on Wednesday, with the testimony of a number of police and civilian witnesses. The trial continues today.
It is alleged that Bibi hired Lewis to kill her father and also helped him to gain access to her father’s house on February 15, 2008.When the “hitman” entered the businessman’s home, the elderly Habiboodean, who was sitting in a chair, was struck repeatedly. He later succumbed to his injuries in a hospital.

Bibi was charged along with another man shortly after the murder was committed. They were both discharged by a magistrate due to insufficient evidence.
Lewis who had fled to the interior was arrested by police two years later. The police got a breakthrough in the case after Lewis and four others were detained for the murder of Mohamed Munir, 75, and his wife Bibi Jamila Munir, 69, who were burnt to death in their Good Hope, East Bank Essequibo in 2016.
While in custody, someone tipped off investigators that Lewis had vital information about Habiboodean’s death. He allegedly confessed and told the police that he was paid by Bibi to kill her father. Shortly after, Bibi turned herself in to the police and reportedly provided investigators with a statement that was consistent with that given by her father’s alleged killer.
Bibi and Lewis were later charged.