A MIXED 12-member jury was, on Wednesday, empanelled before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the Demerara High Court, for the retrial of three persons who are accused of the vigilante murder of a 22-year-old fisherman in 2017

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, pleaded not guilty to murdering Shereffudeen Mohamed Nazamudeen, called “Sheriff” on February 14, 2017, at Ruby.

The state will be represented by prosecutors Latifiah Elliot, Marisa Edwards and Simran Gajraj, while attorneys-at-law Nigel Hughes, Konyo Sandiford-Holder and Kiswana Jefford are on record for the trio.

The trial is expected to commence on Monday, June 25.

The murder case was first tried in 2021 before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury, but it ended in a hung jury.

Justice Singh subsequently ordered a retrial, and the matter was listed to be heard during the January 2022 session of the Demerara Assizes.

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

According to reports, on the day in question, there was an altercation between the pair. Mandy raised an alarm and her father and neighbour rushed to her aid.

Police reported that they managed to corner Nazamudeen in a nearby yard and allegedly dealt him several blows about his body.

They allegedly tied him up with pieces of wire and rope and continued beating him about his body. He was taken to the Leonora Cottage Hospital with multiple injuries and subsequently died.