15-Y-O boy hacked to death by stepfather

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𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟓-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐲

— 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒚

Police are investigating the alleged murder of Sudesh Singh, called Joel, a 15-year-old of Lot 71 Last Street, Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, which occurred at around 14:30 hours yesterday (Friday) at the above-mentioned address by his 50-year-old stepfather.

Inquiries disclosed that 15-year-old Sudesh resided with his 35-year-old unemployed mother, Roshanini Surujballi, and the suspect, who is his stepfather, in the lower flat of a two-storey wooden and concrete structure.

Further enquiries disclosed that on the date and time mentioned above, the teen and his stepfather had a misunderstanding over the suspect’s bicycle, which the teen had used, and caused the chain to slip. As a result, an argument ensued between them and the suspect ran into his kitchen, picked up a cutlass, rushed towards and fired about three chops at Sudesh. This caused him to receive injuries to his neck area, and he fell to the ground. The suspect then walked out of the yard and went to the Leonora Police Station, where he reported the matter. He was arrested and placed into custody pending further investigation.

On arrival at the scene, the Police found the teen lying motionless, face upwards under the house, bleeding at his neck. A cutlass was seen near the body. The entire scene was processed, and several persons in the area were questioned.

The body of Sudesh Singh was escorted to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival, then to the Ezekiel Funeral Parlour for storage, awaiting a post-mortem examination.