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Man died from shock and haemorrhage

Mar 12, 2011 News

A post mortem examination conducted on the remains of Timehri, East Bank Demerara resident Mc Lean Benjamin, 55, has revealed that the man died from shock and haemorrhage, due to blunt force trauma to the head.
Benjamin, 55, of Alliance Road, Timehri, and also of Barima, Region One was found murdered on Monday morning. The post mortem was done yesterday morning at the Georgetown Hospital by Government Pathologist Nehaul Singh.
Meanwhile those detained have been released. Eight persons were arrested and questioned by the police, but the police failed to tie any of the persons to the crime.
The motive for the killing is still unclear, but relatives yesterday maintained that Benjamin was probably killed by someone who knew he had collected his salary.
Benjamin’s body was discovered by Gomattie Gobin, a family friend, around 08:00hrs on Monday.
Gobin had told this publication that she had seen Benjamin some time around midnight on Sunday, and that she was picking up bottles around the yard on Monday when she found his body. The corpse was discovered in a small passageway adjacent to two premises.
According to Gobin, Benjamin had a large wound to the head and another to the jaw. Relatives said that they were surprised that something of this nature could have happened at the house.
Kaieteur News was told that Benjamin was highly intoxicated and one relative suggested that he was most likely killed when music  being played at their home was at its loudest.
“We turn off the music around 01:00 hrs….so the person(s) would have committed the murder while the music was playing,” the relative said.
The dead man’s brother, Dennis Benjamin, said that he last saw his sibling on Saturday morning. According to Benjamin, his brother was heading to Coverden, East Bank Demerara, to collect his salary.
He also related that is the second time that one of his siblings was murdered. Christian Benjamin was stabbed to death at a party some seven years ago. The suspect was never apprehended.

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