Georgetown: Twenty-nine-year-old Dwayne Tappin was on Friday found guilty by a 12-member jury for murdering his uncle back in 2017 at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
The former member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) was accused of beheading his 51-year-old uncle, Randolph Seenauth, on August 6, 2017. He hacked off Seenauth’s head with a cutlass before fleeing.
Tappin, a labourer, of Plaisance, East Coast Demerara was on trial for the murder before Justice Sandil Kissoon and a 12-person jury at the High Court in Demerara.
It was reported that on the day in question, Seenauth’s head was found lying between the living room and kitchen of his Better Hope house. His body was found in the bedroom.
The gruesome discovery was made after Police were summoned to the scene by neighbours who heard a loud commotion in the man’s home which he shared with his nephew.
The now convicted killer, who was represented by lawyer Gwendolyn Bristol, had initially pleaded not guilty to the charge. Following the jury’s verdict, Bristol requested that a probation report be prepared on her client to aid with sentence. Her request was granted by Justice Kissoon who ordered that Tappin be remanded to prison until November 14, when he returns to court for sentencing.
Also testifying was Government pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh, who said that Seenauth’s body bore several cuts on the hand, which he deemed as defensive wounds. The doctor said, too, that the man’s body had a laceration under the ear. The pathologist added that the man’s head was severed from his body using a sharp object he opined to be a cutlass.
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