Django posted:

May 22, 2016 Source

The husband was also charged with the offence of exposing pictures of Sarjou to the public with a view to corrupt public morals after photographs in which the woman appeared half-naked were displayed around her place of employment in 2010.

 

Wow, I never knew that statute existed in Guyana!

ba$eman posted:

Django posted:

May 22, 2016 Source

The husband was also charged with the offence of exposing pictures of Sarjou to the public with a view to corrupt public morals after photographs in which the woman appeared half-naked were displayed around her place of employment in 2010.

 

Wow, I never knew that statute existed in Guyana!

Yuh betta behave yuhself then.

Back to this case, how did the investigators miss signs of her buried body back then?

It is good to see that the police are now able to investigate cases involving Indians, where as before the police would have been accused of racial profiling under the PPP.

Mr.T posted:

It is good to see that the police are now able to investigate cases involving Indians, where as before the police would have been accused of racial profiling under the PPP.

How would it have been considered racial profiling when the PPP is believed to be an Indian party, the victim as well as the accused are Indians?

And the Collation govt continues to solve crimes which was neglected under the PPP

You Betta watch out then!

ksazma posted:

ba$eman posted:

Django posted:

May 22, 2016 Source

The husband was also charged with the offence of exposing pictures of Sarjou to the public with a view to corrupt public morals after photographs in which the woman appeared half-naked were displayed around her place of employment in 2010.

 

Wow, I never knew that statute existed in Guyana!

Yuh betta behave yuhself then.

Back to this case, how did the investigators miss signs of her buried body back then?

I was in GT back then and knew a CAVDA rep on the case.  I'm a bit surprised they did not check the man's residence.  Something does not seem right!

Kudos to Crime Chief Wendel Blanhum,he is cracking a lot of cases.

http://www.inewsguyana.com/les...om-crime-chief-post/

Senior Superintendent, Wendell Blanhum has been elevated to the post of Crime Chief of the Guyana Police Force while his former boss Leslie James now serves in the Office of the Commissioner of Police under the David Granger led administration.

Other changes likely to take place will be the shifting of Commanders in C, D and E Divisions – Christopher Griffith, Marlon Chapman and Calvin Brutus respectively while some changes are also expected to take place at the Traffic Headquarters.

Blanhum has been serving the Guyana Police Force for the past sixteen years and quickly moved through the ranks with his latest promotion being that of a Senior Superintendent at the recent end of year promotions within the force.

Before serving as the second in Charge of the Criminal Investigation Department, Blanhum was also exposed to several training programs both locally and overseas including Crime Prevention Policing, Organized Crimes for the Americas, Policing and Management, Intelligence led policing, Organized Crimes, Law enforcement leadership and with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to name a few.

The new Crime Chief also holds a degree in public management where he graduated with credits, post graduate diploma in development studies as well as Commonwealth Masters in Public Administration which he is expected to be graduating from this August.

Blanhum also served as the Divisional Detective in the Police “A” and “C” Divisions where he also spearheaded several high profile investigations.

Bibi Haniffa posted:

You Betta watch out then!

Stop talking to your self and go take your medication

The GPF should NOT be given credit for this case.  This case took six years and still it's not confirm the remain belong to the missing victim. 

Six years after disappearance of Babita Sarjou…Husband leads cops to shallow grave in backyard

hitman paid $50,000, promised trip to T&T

grave dug two days before murder

 
By Michael Jordan and Romila Boodram

For close to six years, Sharadananda Narine ate and slept in his Lot 51, Seaforth Street residence, seemingly undisturbed by the fact that his reputed wife, Babita Sarjou, lay buried in a shallow grave in his backyard.
But that gruesome secret came to light just before 14.00 hrs yesterday, when detectives unearthed Sarjou’s skeletal remains on the same property.
Digging for some five hours in a water-logged area, detectives, aided by several recruits, first located the murdered woman’s rib-cage, in a three-foot-deep grave that 38-year-old Sharadananda Narine, called ‘Anand’, and his alleged accomplice, Darel Pronton, called ‘Yankee,’ had led them to after hours of interrogation.

Victim: Babita Sarjou

Police try to reassemble the skeleton believed to be that of Babita Sarjou that was dug up from a shallow grave yesterday.

They then dug up a skull, several bones, a pair of high-heeled shoes, a brassiere, and bits of clothing from the same spot.
Hours later, detectives brought a shackled Anand Narine, with head bowed, and his alleged hit-man, Dorel Pronton, out of the yard, to separate police vehicles.
The discovery, played out before several shocked neighbours, brought an end to years of agony for Babita Sarjou’s family, who had been wondering about her fate since she vanished without trace on November 4, 2010.
At the scene yesterday, a clearly elated Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum commended his investigators for cracking the case.
“After hours and days of painstaking investigation, they were able to solicit crucial information which would have led to this breakthrough. This is no longer a missing person (case), but it is homicide that we are investigating.
“The remains were found in the back of the house in a shallow grave which was about three feet in depth. So far, we believe the body is that of Babita Sarjou, nevertheless to be 100 percent certain that it is that of Babita Sarjou.
“We will need to do DNA tests. We have already obtained samples from the remains and relatives and we will be sending it to Trinidad this week or early next week.
“It will not prevent us from instituting any charges. We have established a case against both suspects and we are in contact with the police Legal Advisor from the initial stage of the investigation and very soon we will be able to receive her legal opinion as it relates to instituting charges.”
Police hinted at a breakthrough late last week after detaining Sarjou’s estranged husband, Sharadananda Narine, and Darel Pronton, a 35-year-old unemployed man from James and Albouys Street, Albouystown.
Evidence against the men allegedly includes statements and phone calls that Narine made to Pronton with Sarjou’s cell phone shortly after she disappeared.

$50,000 and trip to Trinidad
As for a motive, Kaieteur News understands that Sarjou’s husband has stated that he was furious because he suspected that she was having an affair with a man at her workplace. He was also angry that she had taken him to court on allegations that he had posted up nude pictures of her.
It is alleged that he hired the unemployed Pronton, whom he had befriended, to kill Sarjou. Pronton was allegedly paid $50,000 and promised a trip to Trinidad. The trip to Trinidad never materialised.
It is alleged that on the Diwali Night of November 4, 2010, Babita Sarjou left her mother’s home at Timehri, after making arrangements to meet her spouse, Narine, who would take her to see the motorcade at the Kitty seawall. She was also reportedly to meet her four-year-old son.

SOLVED! Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum and his men leaving the scene

Unknown to Sarjou, Narine and Pronton had already dug her grave in Narine’s Seaforth Street backyard, two days before.
Sarjou reportedly met her husband outside the National Cultural Centre and entered his car. It is around this same area that Pronton, who was allegedly sitting in the back seat, strangled Sarjou.
With the body covered with a blanket, the two men reportedly then drove to Narine’s Seaforth Street residence. Narine reportedly reversed into the yard, and the men concealed the body in a section of the bottom house, while Pronton remained with the corpse. At around midnight, the two men then took the body to the backyard and threw it over a zinc fence and into the grave.
It remained there for close to six years, with detectives reportedly within a few feet of the corpse on one occasion while searching the premises shortly after her disappearance.
But over the years, Sarjou’s relatives, with assistance from the Caribbean American Domestic Awareness Organization (CADVA), pressed relentlessly to have the case re-opened.
Police said that the two alleged killers reportedly panicked when police revealed recently that they were reopening their investigation.
Narine reportedly enquired from his alleged accomplice if he knew of any substance that could dissolve human bones.
While police have received criticism for the way they conducted their investigation during its early stages, an official said that Narine had presented investigators with a strong alibi for his whereabouts at the time his wife had vanished.
Kaieteur News was told that things were no less challenging this time around, since Narine came into custody with an attorney. But Kaieteur News was told that police put in a lot of preparation into their case before taking the suspects into custody.
Speaking about the tedious work the ranks did to crack the case and retrieve the body, the Crime Chief revealed that the suspects had indicated on Saturday where they had buried Sarjou.
To ensure that no one tampered with the remains, police kept the premises under surveillance.
He said that the grave was located in a flooded area, and the ranks had to pump the water out and also place sand-bags. Digging for the body began at around 08.00 hrs yesterday and concluded at around 13.50 hrs.

Cobra posted:

The GPF should NOT be given credit for this case.  This case took six years and still it's not confirm the remain belong to the missing victim. 

And do you know why it took six years? because first Jagdeo was then commander in Chief, followed by Ramotar. Two of the most useless presidents ever to rule a South American nation. The professionalism of Granger as Commander in Chief has transformed the police service. Watch out. They coming for those family members of yours that you keep calling to dish the dirt on hard working Guyanese citizens.

What is troubling and interesting here is this poor woman was killed back in 2010.  Her husband was a prime suspect from the beginning.  A full investigation was launched.  Six years later they found her body in one of the most obvious places you would have thought they covered.  Now that they found the remains, every one cheering and patting each other and want recognition.

What is needed is some good questioning as to what went wrong with the initial investigation.  How could they have missed such an obvious place?  What decisions were made and what tactic/strategies employed in the investigation?  What lessons could be learned from such a debacle.

We (Guyana) needs to stop celebrating climbing out of holes as a success story.  This is like the PNC boys says Hoyte is a success story because 1992 was better than 1991.  This is like the big 50 celebrating what could only be described as a failed state.

Why do we insist on celebrating the correction or errors as successes?  No wonder Guyana is the way it is, mediocrity seem to be the big success story!!

Mr.T posted:

It is good to see that the police are now able to investigate cases involving Indians, where as before the police would have been accused of racial profiling under the PPP.

Let wisdom ring. T you are indeed brilliantine.

Nehru posted:

Mr.T posted:

It is good to see that the police are now able to investigate cases involving Indians, where as before the police would have been accused of racial profiling under the PPP.

Let wisdom ring. T you are indeed brilliantine.

Thank you boy. One day you too can be a man and step out of my shadow.

Be proud T, knack yuh chest and growl.