24-Y-0 wanted for murder of Berbice man

The Guyana Police Force has issued a wanted bulletin for 24-year-old Mark Anthony Henry for questioning in relation to the murder of 68-year-old Sooroojdeo Deochand, known as ‘Sarjie’, who was found in a pool of blood inside his Number Three Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB) house on Tuesday afternoon.

Henry’s last known address is Lot 32 South Public Road, Mon Choisi, West Coast Berbice.

Anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of Mark Anthony Henry is asked to contact the police on telephone numbers 227-2603, 226-6978, 226-6221, 219-3252, 227-1149, 225-8196, 268-2328, 268-2298/2222, 226-7065, 911 or the nearest police station.

Police Headquarters, in a statement, had noted that the pensioner was found with chop wounds to his left side face, the back of his head, and his left arm, while three of his fingers were severed on his right hand.

Deochand lived alone in a two-storey wooden house in an unfenced yard.