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Murder of Hamson’s owner… Wife, workers remain in custody

Jun 12, 2015 News

The reputed wife of murdered businessman Farouk Ghanie Hamid and two workers remained in custody yesterday as detectives try to ascertain whether he was slain by robbers or by individuals he trusted.
The trio was taken into custody last Wednesday, reportedly after police received information that persons close to the 56-year-old businessman were involved in his murder.
Hamid, the owner of Hamson’s General Store on Regent Street, was found dead at the back of his Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara home on April 16. He had been stabbed to the chest and under the chin.
At the time, the victim’s reputed wife had said that she found the father of five lying next to the kennel where he kept his German Shepherd.
The businessman lived alone in the two-storey property.
According to reports, Hamid’s firearm and cellular phone were missing.
Hamid’s relatives reportedly told investigators that the businessman also wore expensive jewellery, but nothing was found on him except his Rolex wristwatch.
But a source had said that detectives found almost a million dollars in the murdered man’s bedroom.
Police suspect that the killer may be someone who had previously visited the property and was familiar with the slain man’s dog. One theory was that the killers had hidden at the back of the house, waiting on their victim to arrive.
Neighbours had told Kaieteur News that Hamid’s dog would bark continuously whenever anyone passed the businessman’s property.
But they said that they heard no barking around the time that the murder is believed to have occurred.
According to reports, Hamid’s reputed wife realised that something was amiss after the businessman failed to arrive at her Eccles, East Bank Demerara residence to pick up the couple’s daughter.
After repeatedly failing to reach him by phone, the woman and an employee went to Hamid’s Nandy Park residence, where they eventually found his body.

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