Two youths charged and remanded to prison over Bartica beach “peep man” murder

The two youths, 21-year-old Elton Gibson and 19-year-old, Dion Samuels, showed little emotion as they appeared before the Chief Magistrate and were charged with beating the 49-year-old man to death. They were not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge.

Two youths charged and remanded to prison over Bartica beach “peep man” murder

Two young men who worked in the Bartica community appeared in Court this morning and were remanded to prison after being charged with the murder of Bartica resident, Kumar Persaud aka “Radika”.

 The two youths, 21-year-old Elton Gibson and 19-year-old, Dion Samuels, showed little emotion as they appeared before the Chief Magistrate and were charged with beating the 49-year-old man to death. They were not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge.

 It was on the early morning of June 22, 2017, that the two young men were engaged in a three-some sex act with a young woman on the beach in Bartica, when they realised they were being watched by the man, who lived on the beach.

Their attempts to get him to leave the area failed and the two men allegedly started to beat the man with pieces of wood. He was taken to a hospital after another man who witnessed the entire incident, alerted police.  The two young men were immediately arrested.

The young woman was also arrested but she was allowed to leave custody as no charges were recommended to be filed against her.

The two accused will make their next court appearance on July 23rd, 2017.

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