Police have charged Tony Marks
nicknamed 'Nut Man' with the murder of nine-year-old Basmattie
Seecharran, who was found dead on Parika beach, East Bank Essequibo,
on January 16.
The 41-year-old accused, who Police said
lives at Blueberry Hill, Wismar, Linden, appeared before Acting
Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan yesterday and the charge said he
committed the offence on January 15.
Basmattie
Seecharran, the nine-year-old girl found dead on the beach at
Parika, East Bank Essequibo was raped, beaten in the head and
strangled.
Thursday, January
18, 2007
The child
was also sexually assaulted, the autopsy confirmed.
"This is a frame charge. I'm not a murderer. I'll cooperate
with the Police until they find the perpetrator. Sir, please advise
the policemen to continue their search for the one who killed the
people's daughter because I'm innocent," the prisoner stated from
the dock.
Nutman’ discharged in murder of girl at Parika
The charge reportedly followed statements obtained by
detectives during the investigations when Marks also gave other
addresses, including the infamous 'Globe Yard' in Waterloo Street,
Georgetown.
The dead girl's relatives were in the courtroom and Marks
attempted to speak with them as he smiled his way through his
appearance while reiterating his innocence.
A
post mortem examination said the girl's death was due to blunt
trauma to the head and manual strangulation and she had been
sexually assaulted.
The case has been transferred to Leonora Court, West Coast
Demerara, where Marks is to next appear on February 22.
Until
then, he was remanded to prison.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007