–ahead of trial into 2016 murder of Tuschen man

A MIXED 12-member jury was on Monday empanelled before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the Demerara High Court for the trial of two men who allegedly murdered 22-year-old Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) resident, Dewaun Baksh back in 2016.

Rocky Lallu and Somar Shako both denied murdering Baksh on January 1, 2016, at Greenwich Park, some four villages away from where he lived.

The State is represented by Prosecutors Latifah Elliot and Marisa Edwards, while Lallu is represented by Attorney-at-Law Ravindra Mohabir, and Shako by Attorneys-at-Law Sophia Findlay, Konyo Sandiford and Narissa Leander.

The trial is expected to commence today, April 26, 2022.
According to the police, on the day in question, Baksh was attacked and fatally stabbed by the duo along with others.

It is alleged that the men had had a misunderstanding, during which Baksh was beaten and stabbed about the body, including in his neck and shoulder.

He was picked up in an unconscious state and rushed to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

A post mortem examination would reveal that Baksh had died of shock and haemorrhage due to the five stab wounds he’d sustained.