Former Beauty Queen freed of Murder charge

Former Beauty QueenGeorgetown:  Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine- Beharry has discharged the murder charge against former beauty queen, Carol Ann Lynch on Monday, May 12.

Lynch was accused of murdering her husband, Farouk Razack on May 7, 2007 at their Bel Air, Georgetown home.

The Magistrate told the Court that the prosecution failed to establish a case against Lynch and that there was not enough evidence against her.

In 2007, Lynch was accused of killing her husband but the charge was discharged in 2008 by the then Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys. In 2010, however, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had recommended that the murder charge be reinstituted against her.

Reports indicate that on May 7, 2007 Lynch discovered her husband’s lifeless body lying on the bedroom floor of their 106 Ireng Place, Bel Air Park, Georgetown, residence. Razac was purportedly found with blood oozing from his mouth.

The post mortem showed that the businessman died as a result of “asphyxiation (suffocation) due to possible ligature strangulation.”

Four days later his wife, Carol Ann was charged with his murder but in 2008, the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) ended when the then Magistrate discharged the accusations, citing insufficient evidence had been provided to establish a case of murder against her.