The trial of Ganga Kishna and Avishkar Bissoon, who are accused of the November 17, 2014 murders of 63-year-old Randolph Thomas and his two daughters Tressa Rozario, 14, and Feresa Rozario, 11, was this morning aborted by Justice Brassington Reynolds.
The Guyana Standard was informed that there was a development in the trial which had commenced on August 21, 2019. That development was brought to the judge’s attention and an inquiry was launched.
This publication understands that at the conclusion of the inquiry, the judge decided that the trial had to be aborted in the interest of justice.
State Prosecutor, Seeta Bishundial, in her opening remarks to the jury, had said that the sisters and their father were asleep when a fire broke out at their home at around 2 a.m on the day in question.
According to Prosecutor Bishundial, the sisters were left trapped in the building and perished in the fire while their father jumped through a window. Thomas, who sustained second and third-degree burns, succumbed on December 21, 2014 while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
The trial was projected to last for about three weeks. Over 30 witnesses were set to testify for the prosecution. Since the trial commenced, the prosecution called some five witnesses including the mother of the children and police ranks.
It is expected that the two murder accused will be brought for trial again at the next session of the Demerara Assizes which begins next month. Kishna and Bissoon were represented by lawyers Dexter Todd and Murseline Bacchus respectively.
