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Apr 08, 2017 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News
The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder of Ganesh Ramlall, former owner of the Regent Multiplex
Mall, Regent Street, Georgetown, will continue on Tuesday, April 11, at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court. This is according to the special prosecutor assigned to the case who disclosed that the matter is winding down.
Lennox ‘Soldier Man’ Roberts, 32, of 2279 Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara; Fazeel ‘Javed’ Bacchus, 21, of 7, Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara; and Kurt ‘Banana’ Erskine, 35, of 285 Section ‘C’, Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara are currently on remand for Ramlall’s murder. The killing occurred on July 5, 2015.
According to reports, Ramlall, also known as ‘Boyo’ of Lot C La Jalousie, West Coast Demerara, was reportedly shot seven times about the body after bandits attacked his home. The 48-year-old businessman is reported to have just returned home from a barbecue, when he was accosted by four men who shot him to the head and chest before relieving him of jewelry and a wallet before escaping.
Earlier on in the preliminary inquiry, Police Sergeants Rodwell Sarrabo and Salaish Roopnarine, were called by the prosecution to give evidence. The Police Sergeants, both detectives, assisted with investigations into the matter.
Sergeant Sarrabo is the Subordinate Officer in Charge of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Brickdam Police Station. Sergeant Roopnarine is stationed at the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU). At the time of the murder, both policemen were attached to the Major Crimes Investigation Unit, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters, Eve Leary, Georgetown.
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