Georgetown: Fifty- year-old Bibi Nazeela Habiboodean and Linden Lewis, 28, appeared before Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court Tuesday, charged with the murder of businessman, 76 – year – old Habiboodean.
They were not required to plead to the indictable offense and were remanded to prison until June 21. The woman was represented by Attorney Paul Fung-a-Fat while Lewis was unrepresented.
It is alleged that Lewis, known as “Bullet”, is the hitman who was hired by Bibi to kill her father on February 15, 2008. He was the owner of a gas station at Ruby, East Bank Essequibo and died at a hospital after being badly beaten in his home.
His daughter turned herself in at the police station at Leonora, West Coast Demerara over a week ago, and has implicated other persons in the murder.
Lewis was recently arrested in connection with the double- murder that occurred at Good Hope, East Bank Essequibo and reportedly confessed to the brutal murder of the businessman.
The elder Habiboodean was the owner of a gas station at Ruby, East Bank Essequibo.
Relatives and friends turned out at the court Tuesday to give moral support while some decided to stay away from the court scene.
In 20008, shortly after the incident, police had arrested Terry Lewton, a former employee of the late Habiboodean, and Robert Parris, a relative of the alleged hired killer, but they were released because of insufficient evidence regarding their implication.
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