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Judge sentences teen to life in prison for manslaughter.

April 19,2017 Source

Justice Navindra Singh yesterday sentenced 19-year-old Deosarran Bisnauth to spend the rest of his natural life in prison for the fatal beating of Robert Mangal.

The judgment was handed down after a 12-member jury unanimously found the young man not guilty of the capital offence, but by a proportion of 11 to 1 convicted him on the lesser count of manslaughter at the High Court in Georgetown.

The charge against the young Bisnauth, also known as “Strokes Mouth,” was that on July 6, 2013, at Enmore, East Coast Demerara, he unlawfully killed Mangal, called “Trevor.”

In a plea of mitigation before the sentence was imposed, defence attorney Bernard De Santos SC, told the court that his client had no previous brushes with the law and was not known to be of a hostile character. He further begged the court to consider that at the time of the killing, Bisnauth was only 16 years old, and currently at age 19 “is now attaining manhood.”

Deosarran Bisnauth

In this regard, De Santos asked the judge “to deal with him [Bisnauth] in a way that doesn’t take away his youth” and he also requested that his client be given an opportunity to contribute to society.

For its part, however, the prosecution asked the court to visit the convict with a sentence commensurate with his actions, while reminding that a life had been lost.

Prosecutor Tuanna Hardy, who led the state’s case, made a forceful appeal for a message to be sent to society that persons are not to be taken advantage of, whether the victim is in a drunken state or not.

When asked by the court whether he wanted to say anything before being sentenced, Bisnauth calmly responded, “No, sir.”

Members of the young man’s family, who were present for the verdict, seemed visibly overcome with shock, and unable to hold back their wails, which followed Justice Singh’s announcement.

Screams among Bisnauth’s inconsolable relatives rang out in the court complex as he was being escorted from the courtroom. He, meanwhile, wore an expressionless look on his face after the sentence was passed.

The jury returned with the verdicts after deliberating for just under three hours.

During the trial, the prosecution’s main witness Karan Chattergoon had said that he saw when Bisnauth hit Mangal three times with a piece of wood almost four feet long, causing him to fall face down on the ground.

Chattergoon, who described Mangal as his “drinking buddy,” said that on the day in question, they went to their usual spot to drink and an argument ensued between Bisnauth and Mangal.

The witness said he was unaware of what the men were arguing about as he, by that time, was already in the rum shop purchasing liquor and cigarettes.

According to Chattergoon, some moments later, after making his purchase, he went out of the shop and he saw the accused with a “2 x 4” piece of wood, with which he dealt Mangal three lashes in his back.

Leading his defence in unsworn testimony, Bisnauth, who professed his innocence, had told the court that Mangal had attacked him with a bottle, and he in turn picked up a piece of wood and dealt the man blows to the back.

He contended that he was defending himself.

The prosecution had, however, argued that it was not a case of self defence, since it was Bisnauth who was the aggressor.

Hardy had also advanced that the convict could not have perceived any threat of violence or imminent danger from the deceased, whose back was turned when he was attacked.

Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh had given the cause of death as cerebral haemorrhage due to blunt pireneal trauma to the head.

The state was represented by Hardy in association with Siand Dhurjon, who called 15 witnesses to the stand.

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Wrong doing I don't condone,I think this sentencing is a bit harsh,sentencing should have been lighter.

The actions of this young man happens when there are lack of guidance for youths in communities,seems like no one cares any more.

Django

I think Bisnauth's lawyer did not put together a proper defense , for one the accused was 16 years old when the crime was committed, he was under the influence and it was self defense, saying all of that someone lost his life and he must be punished for the crime. The penalty of life in jail is way too much, he needs to go to a reform school while in jail.  I once saw a phrase in an lawyer's office. '' WHY MUST MAN KILL MAN TO PROVE THAT KILLING MAN IS WRONG''

K

A teen gets life for manslaughter and an adult who committed murder with an unlicensed firearm get 10 years. What's wrong here Navindra Singh? If manslaughter gets life in prison, then murder should get death. Is this Navindra Singh drunk?

FM
skeldon_man posted:

A teen gets life for manslaughter and an adult who committed murder with an unlicensed firearm get 10 years. What's wrong here Navindra Singh? If manslaughter gets life in prison, then murder should get death. Is this Navindra Singh drunk?

Not only drunk,seems like he pull the sentencing out of a raffle bag.There seems to be improper sentencing guidelines.

Django

Herstelling man dies after beating.

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Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, (EBD) joiner, who succumbed to injuries sustained from an attack on Sunday afternoon.

Balwan Ramsarran 41, of Third Street Herstelling, died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) around 5.00 am yesterday, relatives said.

Stabroek News was told that the man was consuming alcohol at a shop at Farm, EBD, when he was involved in an argument and later attacked.

Ramsarran, who was an employee of Jettoo’s Lumber Yard, was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre in an unconscious condition and later transferred to the GPH.

Balwan Ramsarran

He remained in an unconscious state up to the time of his death.

According to the man’s relatives, doctors informed the family that he was “brain dead” and was not responding to medications used to treat his injuries.

Ventia Ramsarran, the man’s wife told this newspaper, that it was around 5.30 pm on Sunday he was attacked. She explained that Ramsarran and another customer at the shop had an argument, during which a friend of the customer intervened, and lashed him on his head with a piece of wood.

“After he [the suspect] lash he, he fall and was unconscious. He never come back to he senses,” the distraught wife lamented.

She added that, her daughter who saw what had transpired, was on the road, and as the suspect passed, he uttered the words, “I done kill he,” to his daughter.

The man’s wife went on to say it was only when the family arrived on the scene that they learnt he had been brutally beaten.

Parbattie Winter, the deceased’s sister, said that when they went to the hospital she observed injuries to his head and abdomen. She explained the marks on his abdomen were “black and blue,” adding that “he was bleeding from his mouth and nose.”

Winter stressed that doctors had informed the family that he was brain dead and had placed him on a life support machine. She related that yesterday morning they were informed that he had succumbed.

The family said that they would be demanding justice for the father of two, and called on the police to conduct a detailed investigation.

The body is currently at the hospital mortuary awaiting an autopsy.


 

Here is another similar incident.

Django
Django posted:
skeldon_man posted:

A teen gets life for manslaughter and an adult who committed murder with an unlicensed firearm get 10 years. What's wrong here Navindra Singh? If manslaughter gets life in prison, then murder should get death. Is this Navindra Singh drunk?

Not only drunk,seems like he pull the sentencing out of a raffle bag.There seems to be improper sentencing guidelines.

When you want to decipher a person's behavior you must always look into their past.  Navindra Singh's brother Shiva was that teenager who was kidnapped and murdered in Guyana in the early 1980s.  GTAngler - do you remember his brother?  Two classes below you I think.

Bibi Haniffa
Bibi Haniffa posted:
Django posted:
skeldon_man posted:

A teen gets life for manslaughter and an adult who committed murder with an unlicensed firearm get 10 years. What's wrong here Navindra Singh? If manslaughter gets life in prison, then murder should get death. Is this Navindra Singh drunk?

Not only drunk,seems like he pull the sentencing out of a raffle bag.There seems to be improper sentencing guidelines.

When you want to decipher a person's behavior you must always look into their past.  Navindra Singh's brother Shiva was that teenager who was kidnapped and murdered in Guyana in the early 1980s.  GTAngler - do you remember his brother?  Two classes below you I think.

If his sentencing being influenced by that incident,he should recuse himself from being a judge.

The more i think about people of power in Guyana and their actions,i can conclude that country heading like a boat going towards the edge of a waterfall.

Django
Bibi Haniffa posted:
Django posted:
skeldon_man posted:

A teen gets life for manslaughter and an adult who committed murder with an unlicensed firearm get 10 years. What's wrong here Navindra Singh? If manslaughter gets life in prison, then murder should get death. Is this Navindra Singh drunk?

Not only drunk,seems like he pull the sentencing out of a raffle bag.There seems to be improper sentencing guidelines.

When you want to decipher a person's behavior you must always look into their past.  Navindra Singh's brother Shiva was that teenager who was kidnapped and murdered in Guyana in the early 1980s.  GTAngler - do you remember his brother?  Two classes below you I think.

That explains a lot. I don't remember the brother. Remember I left in July, 83. I do remember a magistrate's or judge's son, a twin, being kidnapped and murdered. Chap from Essequibo/West Coast Demerara. What is Navindra's father's name?

GTAngler
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GTAngler posted:
Bibi Haniffa posted:
Django posted:
skeldon_man posted:

A teen gets life for manslaughter and an adult who committed murder with an unlicensed firearm get 10 years. What's wrong here Navindra Singh? If manslaughter gets life in prison, then murder should get death. Is this Navindra Singh drunk?

Not only drunk,seems like he pull the sentencing out of a raffle bag.There seems to be improper sentencing guidelines.

When you want to decipher a person's behavior you must always look into their past.  Navindra Singh's brother Shiva was that teenager who was kidnapped and murdered in Guyana in the early 1980s.  GTAngler - do you remember his brother?  Two classes below you I think.

That explains a lot. I don't remember the brother. Remember I left in July, 83. I do remember a magistrate's or judge's son, a twin, being kidnapped and murdered. Chap from Essequibo/West Coast Demerara. What is Navindra's father's name?

http://www.kaieteurnewsonline....is-a-special-person/

"Reminiscing on those days, Justice Singh noted that he had quite a happy upbringing.  He attributes his sense of independence to the scope his mother gave him and his siblings, while growing up. “She allowed us to set our own pace,” he said.
In 1983, the Singhs were faced with an unspeakable tragedy. Their eldest son, Shiva, was kidnapped and brutally murdered. Justice Singh recalled that it was just a few weeks short of his brother‘s 17th birthday.  He was just 10 years old, at the time.
“I was very young. It‘s not that I forgot, but at the time it was happening I guess I didn’t

After winning shield at the Inter-Caribbean Mooting Competition, Navindra Singh, then an aspirant Attorney-at-law, enjoying a light moment with principal of Hugh Wooding Law School, Madam Justice Annestine Sealey.

After winning shield at the Inter-Caribbean Mooting Competition, Navindra Singh, then an aspirant Attorney-at-law, enjoying a light moment with principal of Hugh Wooding Law School, Madam Justice Annestine Sealey.

really know what exactly was happening. All I knew is that my brother had died.”
Three persons were arrested and charged for the murder. They were subsequently convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to life imprisonment."

Django
GTAngler posted:
Bibi Haniffa posted:
Django posted:
skeldon_man posted:

A teen gets life for manslaughter and an adult who committed murder with an unlicensed firearm get 10 years. What's wrong here Navindra Singh? If manslaughter gets life in prison, then murder should get death. Is this Navindra Singh drunk?

Not only drunk,seems like he pull the sentencing out of a raffle bag.There seems to be improper sentencing guidelines.

When you want to decipher a person's behavior you must always look into their past.  Navindra Singh's brother Shiva was that teenager who was kidnapped and murdered in Guyana in the early 1980s.  GTAngler - do you remember his brother?  Two classes below you I think.

That explains a lot. I don't remember the brother. Remember I left in July, 83. I do remember a magistrate's or judge's son, a twin, being kidnapped and murdered. Chap from Essequibo/West Coast Demerara. What is Navindra's father's name?

I think his brother was murdered right after you left.  His father is Attorney Dyal Singh.  I think I made a mistake.  Shiva was in a higher class than you.  His sister Kamini might have been in your set.

Bibi Haniffa
Bibi Haniffa posted:
GTAngler posted:
Bibi Haniffa posted:
Django posted:
skeldon_man posted:

A teen gets life for manslaughter and an adult who committed murder with an unlicensed firearm get 10 years. What's wrong here Navindra Singh? If manslaughter gets life in prison, then murder should get death. Is this Navindra Singh drunk?

Not only drunk,seems like he pull the sentencing out of a raffle bag.There seems to be improper sentencing guidelines.

When you want to decipher a person's behavior you must always look into their past.  Navindra Singh's brother Shiva was that teenager who was kidnapped and murdered in Guyana in the early 1980s.  GTAngler - do you remember his brother?  Two classes below you I think.

That explains a lot. I don't remember the brother. Remember I left in July, 83. I do remember a magistrate's or judge's son, a twin, being kidnapped and murdered. Chap from Essequibo/West Coast Demerara. What is Navindra's father's name?

I think his brother was murdered right after you left.  His father is Attorney Dyal Singh.  I think I made a mistake.  Shiva was in a higher class than you.  His sister Kamini might have been in your set.

I remember now and hearing about it over here. My dad was really upset. He and Dyal Singh were good friends.

GTAngler
Django posted:

If his sentencing being influenced by that incident,he should recuse himself from being a judge.

The more i think about people of power in Guyana and their actions,i can conclude that country heading like a boat going towards the edge of a waterfall.

Yet you are supporting the AFC/PNC donkeys day in and day out. What does that make you ?

FM
yuji22 posted:
Django posted:

If his sentencing being influenced by that incident,he should recuse himself from being a judge.

The more i think about people of power in Guyana and their actions,i can conclude that country heading like a boat going towards the edge of a waterfall.

Yet you are supporting the AFC/PNC donkeys day in and day out. What does that make you ?

Honest!

cain

It is sad to see that a young man born under the PPP could only turn out to be a murderer. The PPP has a lot to answer for. The majority of the crimes committed these days are by people born under the PPP, or who started school under the PPP.

Mr.T
Mr.T posted:

It is sad to see that a young man born under the PPP could only turn out to be a murderer. The PPP has a lot to answer for. The majority of the crimes committed these days are by people born under the PPP, or who started school under the PPP.

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FM
  • This case is a travesty. The age of the accused should mediate his sentence. Also, hardly any one is given a life sentence. Some of the Bartica accused were given 25 years if memory serves me right.
FM
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