THE trial pertaining to the 2014 murder of two sisters and their father was on Tuesday aborted by Justice Brassington Reynolds at the Demerara High Court.
The trial had commenced on August 21,2019, against Ganga Krishna called ‘Buddie’ and ‘Scientist’, a 74-year-old businessman, formerly of North Road, Bourda, Georgetown and his assistant, Avishkar Bissoon, 26, of Sheriff Street, Campbellville, who are facing three counts of murder.

Two charges stated that on November 17, 2014, at Lot 65 King and Robb Streets, Georgetown, the men murdered Clarissa, 14 and Tressa Rozario, 11, in the course or furtherance of arson on their dwelling house.

The last charge stated that on December 21, 2014, the men murdered 63-year-old Hilrod Attlee Thomas, also called Rudolph Thomas.

The two accused were represented by Attorneys Mursaline Bacchus and Dexter Todd, while the state was represented by prosecutors Seeta Bishundial and Lisa Cave.
The Guyana Chronicle was made to understand that there was a development in relation to the trial, which led to an inquiry. The judge, based on the inquiry,decided that the trial had to be aborted in the interest of justice. Consequently, the accused will have to face a new trial at the next practical sitting of the Demerara Assizes.

According to reports, on November 17, 2014, around 02:00hrs, Clarissa and Tressa Rozario were peacefully asleep at their Lot 65 King and Robb Streets, Georgetown home, along with their father, Thomas. It is alleged that while they were asleep their house was set afire and they died in the inferno.
Their father managed to jump through a window to escape the flames but he sustained second and third-degree burns. On December 21, 2014, he succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
It is alleged that Krishna was the mastermind behind the fire, while Bissoon acted as his assistant.

The Guyana Chronicle had previously reported that investigations in this matter took the police two years, then a drug addict reportedly confessed that he was offered money to set fire to the disputed building.

The police believe that the building was torched to drive out individuals who were also claiming ownership of the property by prescriptive rights.