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Sand Hills duo to face judge and jury

Dec 08, 2010 News

Two men who hail from Sand Hills on the Berbice River, were on Tuesday committed to stand trial in the High Court by Magistrate Omeyana Hamilton, sitting in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court, after it was found that a prima facie case had been made out against them for the capital offence of murder.
The men, Dave Banwan, 27, and Elmo Benedict, 25, are accused of killing Rakesh Rajaram on March 1st 2008, at Sand Hills.
Rajaram, who hailed from Kortbraat on the East Bank of Berbice, had reportedly fled his home after he was unable to pay an affiliation fee and had racked up hefty arrears. He relocated to Sand Hills where he started to live and work and was employed as a coal miner. He sought refuge at the home of a family in the area and after awhile became involved with a teenage daughter of his host.
Rajaram’s involvement with the teenager reportedly angered her parents, since she was already involved with someone else and they ordered him to leave their premises, which he did. However he stayed in the area and constructed a shack not too far from his former host.
Sometime after it is understood that Rajaram, armed with an improvised shotgun, abducted the girl from her home and took her to a clump of bushes in the area.
This furthered angered the girl’s relatives and it was alleged that the woman’s intended partner and a close relative armed themselves with cutlasses and went in search of Rajaram. He was later chopped to death.
The teenager was also located and taken to her home along with the improvised shotgun and two cartridges. The two men were subsequently arrested and charged

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