Georgetown: A 14-year-old and his 24-year-old accomplice were Monday charged for the murder of a Mahaicony businesswoman who was brutally murdered in her home on Monday, October 17,2016.
The two accused are expected to appear before the Cove and John Magistrate on Tuesday, October 25, 2016.
The businesswoman was found with her hands and feet bound and with injuries to other parts of her body.
The duo gave police a detailed statement about the murder after being grilled.
The duo admitted to beating the woman in her head with a frying pan. The mother of three, who only last month celebrated her 56th birthday, had also been robbed earlier this year.
According to an autopsy done on Tuesday, Shairoon died of blunt trauma to the head.
The 25-year-old suspect, a fisherman of Rosignol, Berbice, reportedly told investigators that he had owed some money to a drug dealer, and as such, he and the teenager planned the robbery on the businesswoman.
The suspects related to investigators that when they entered the woman’s house, she put up a fight but was struck to the head with the frying pan and subsequently collapsed.
The 14-year-old boy had previously worked with Shairoon to clean the yard and perform other tasks.
On the night of the murder, the teenager told the fisherman that he had a job for them to do and was taken to the woman’s house. From reports, the teenager had gone to the woman’s house earlier in the night and removed several boards to gain access to the home.
The Saturday before the body was found, the teenager reached the woman’s house 45 minutes before midnight and he crawled into the house through the opening and opened the back door for the other suspect.
The woman was reportedly sitting on a chair in her bedroom and realising that she was still awake they confronted her and demanded money. After handing over a bag containing $300,000, the duo who wanted more tied her up but she put up a fight. It was at this point she was struck to the head with the frying pan.
The teenager was subsequently arrested hours after the woman’s body was found.
The second suspect was arrested one day after police received information about his whereabouts and his possible involvement in the murder.
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