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Oct 15, 2015 News
A date for the start of a Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Herstelling block maker, Nathan Persaud, is expected to be set on October 20, when the matter comes up before Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown
Magistrates’ Courts.
When the matter came up on Tuesday before Magistrate Ann McLennan, Police Prosecutor, Sergeant Neville Jeffers, made an application to have murder accused, Beverly Persaud and Oswald Junior Yaw, a/k Leow, jointly charged with the block maker’s murder after advice was sought from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
This request was granted by Magistrate McLennan, who then withdrew the previous charges that were initially read to the accused, individually.
Beverly Persaud, 46, of 56 Diamond New Scheme, East Bank Demerara and Yaw, of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown are now being jointly charged with Nathan Persaud’s murder.
Particulars of the newly instituted charge alleged that on September 10, at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, they murdered Nathan Persaud in pursuant of an agreement. As part of the agreement, Beverly Persaud promised Yaw money, as inducement for him to consider causing the death of Nathan Persaud.
The duo did not retain attorneys nor were they required to enter pleas. The two were further remanded to prison.
Beverly Persaud was arrested and interrogated by police hours after her husband was killed. She reportedly confessed to orchestrating the plot to end the life of her estranged spouse.
Yaw, the suspected hit man, was arrested last month in the city. He reportedly confessed to beating Nathan
Persaud to death with a hammer. He allegedly confessed to police that the block maker’s wife had contracted and promised him $1.7M to do the gruesome job.
According to reports, the lifeless body of the 42-year-old block maker was found lying face down in the living room of his Lot 66 Herstelling home. His body bore a stab wound to his chest and the back of his head was bashed in. Police recovered a hammer, two knives and a piece of rock, all of which had blood stains from the crime scene.
After the father of four was killed, a strange man, now believed to be Yaw, was reportedly seen leaving his yard.
Beverly and her husband separated months ago. The killing is said to have stemmed from a property dispute that has engaged the attention of the court.
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