Beyond Reasonable Doubt

Beyond Reasonable Doubt

What do these words mean? Does it really matter?

Youth Advocate for the Sensible Sentencing Trust, Jess McVicar is incensed at what she sees as attempts to lessen the responsibility and potential sentence of the two men accused of the murder of Shalvin Prasad.

Shivneel Kumar and Bryne Permal are the accused of murdering Mr Prasad in what Jess says was a horrific inhumane act.

“The jury in the case yesterday asked for clarification on the meaning of "beyond reasonable doubt".

“It is being questioned as to whether the two accused knowingly burnt Prasad alive or if they thought he was dead after beating him and then set him alight.”

Jess asks "How is this even a factor? these men had a plan to murder this boy after taking his money , they stuck to that plan , and performed this despicable inhumane act."

“They do not deserve the time of thought of questioning if he was burnt alive or dead before they set him alight."

"These men deserve to be given life without parole, if they could do an act like this for their first offense what would be next? How far would they go?"

Jess says "The question as to whether they knew he was alive or thought he was dead before burning should not even be a consideration. Either way they murdered him and that should be life with no parole!”

“They set out to take his money and then murder him, it was planned! The jury or judge should not be persuaded by the thought that they may have thought he was dead before being burnt.”

“The way our justice system is this will no doubt be taken into account and they will probably get let off with a lighter sentence if it is found they thought Shalvin was dead after the beating.”

Jess adds “In my view premeditated murder is murder; they planned it, they done it, end of!

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