Leonora Double Murder: Second suspect turns himself in, claims innocence 

The second suspect in the Leonora double murder case turned himself in to the Police on Monday but claimed innocence.

Police Headquarters said the suspect, Terry Thorman, a 23-year-old mason from Meten-Meer- Zorg, West Coast Demerara (WCD), turned himself in at about 18:50 hrs.

Thorman, Police said, was told of an allegation that he murdered Arvinda Roopram and Mohamed Nasir on September 21 (Saturday).

The suspect, however, told Police: “I have nothing to do with the death of those two men.”

He declined to give a written statement. The man was arrested and placed into custody, pending further investigations.

Nasir, a 30-year-old carpenter of Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, and Roopram, a 25-year-old construction worker, were involved in a scuffle early Saturday morning.

The two suspects, Alex Amsterdam, called ‘Mario’, a 28-year-old security guard, received one stab wound to his upper abdomen, while the second suspect, Thorman, reportedly made good his escape from the scene in an unknown direction.

Amsterdam was apprehended before. He is under Police guard at the West Demerara Regional Hospital.