Two bodies recovered from No.63 Beach tragedy
-two detained in Suriname for questioning
The worst fears of two Berbice families were confirmed yesterday morning after the bodies of their relatives, who had gone missing on Monday evening after being stranded on a sand bank at Number 63 Beach, were discovered.
The search now continues for the third person as her young son holds out hope that his mother who singlehandedly raised him will be found alive.
Dead are Alwin Joseph, 30, a welder, of P Chandishawweg, District Paramaribo and Babuni Harihar, also known as ‘Doris’, 75, a pensioner, of Number Two Village, East Canje Berbice.
Still missing is Sherida Hussain also known as ‘Sherry’, 49, of Lot 274 Pilot Street, New Amsterdam.
According to a source in Suriname, they have detained two persons for questioning. They are said to have transported the trio to No. 63. The source said that the captain of the boat, a Guyanese, and a workman visited the Corantijn Politie
(Police) Station in Nickerie for questioning yesterday.
The source yesterday also stressed, that they are in contact with their counterparts in Guyana.
Samantha Joseph, sister of Alwin Joseph and who lives in Suriname, yesterday said she had visited the station three times since her brother went missing.
According to her, the captain and the workman along with one of their wives, who is related to Harihar, were at the police station in Suriname yesterday, while she was there. “The police at the station
told me not to speak with them”.
However, Joseph said before going to the station she had already spoken with the boat captain who was insisting that he dropped the persons off at the shore. “He keep saying how he drop them at the shore but that the place was dark so he don’t know”.
Joseph yesterday stressed that persons must be held accountable for the actions which led to the death of her brother, a father of three young children.
She said her brother was a hard worker and the sole
In December, 2020, Todd had said that his clients had embarked on a process of putting their trading account back into profitability and once this was completed repayment would begin.
Very complex
To date, Dominguez and Ishmael, are facing close to 80 charges of conspiring with other persons to obtain monies by false pretence.
They were released on bail totalling approximately $30 million. The charges are still engaging the court.
Subsequent to this, the couple faced two additional charges which were filed by SOCU.
They were charged under the Consumers Affairs Act with operating a pyramid scheme, and under the Securities Act with operating without a licence.
Both Dominguez and Ishmael pleaded not guilty to the joint charges and were released on bail.
Todd related to Stabroek News that he does not envision the trial starting anytime soon. Todd stated that he believes that by the time the trial commences, the investors would have been repaid.
March 2nd, has been tentatively set by the Guyana Court of Appeal to commence hearing the appeal filed by convicted Registrar of Deeds Azeena Baksh who was found guilty last year of paying herself just over $4.5M.
The hearing date was set on Monday during a case management conference (CMC).
In her notice of appeal, Baksh (the Appellant) is asking the appellate court to reverse, set aside and/or discharge the magistrate’s ruling and enter judgment in her favour.
Almost three years after being charged with fraudulently authorising payments to herself amounting to just over $4.5 million, Baksh was found guilty of the offence last March.
She had denied the charge which stated that while an appointee of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), between May 1st, 2014 and January 31st, 2017, with intent to defraud, she caused or procured valuable securities to the sum of $4,534,480 to be delivered to her bank of Nova Scotia account for her own use and benefit by pretending that she was a contracted employee of the Deeds and Commercial Registries.
At the conclusion of her trial, Magistrate Leron Daly found that based on evidence presented by both the prosecution and defence, there was sufficient evidence which backed the prosecution’s case, thereby finding Baksh guilty as charged.
The magistrate spared Baksh jail time and instead ordered her to make full restitution of $4,534,480 to the state.
Baksh, had been granted three months to pay the money in full; but before leaving court on the day of her conviction, she was ordered to make the first payment of $1,133,621.