A MIXED 12-member jury was on Thursday empanelled before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall at the Demerara High Court for the trial of Zaheer Hossain called ‘Fine Man,’ who is accused of murdering his father-in-law in 2020.
Hossain pleaded not guilty to the indictment which read that on June 25, 2020, at Riverview, Ruimveldt, Georgetown, he murdered 54-year-old Alexi Gomes.
He is being represented by attorneys-at-law Dexter Todd, Dexter Smartt, Javon Cox and Shercola Exeter. Prosecutors Taneisha Saygon, Muntaz Ali and Simran Gajraj are on record for the State.
The trial is scheduled to commence on December 5, 2022.
The Guyana Chronicle had reported that Gomes lived with his wife and grandson in the United States. Hossain shared a relationship with Gomes’ daughter and is the father of the child.
In March 2020, Gomes travelled to Guyana with his four-year-old grandson but was stuck here due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
According to reports, on June 21, 2020, there was an altercation between Hossain and Gomes at Lot 6 Riverview, Ruimveldt, Georgetown, over the four-year-old.
It is alleged that Hossain armed himself with a piece of wood and lashed Gomes several times.
The injured man was rushed to a private hospital and died while receiving treatment on June 25, 2020. According to a post-mortem report, Gomes died from internal bleeding and blunt trauma to the head.
