PI into ‘maid of honour’ murder begins today

Jun 09, 2017 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News

After a one year delay, the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Simone Hackett, who was found with her throat slit in a trench at Cummings Lodge, Georgetown, is scheduled to commence today before Magistrate Alisha George in the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Courts.
Cleavaughn Hamilton, 30, of Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD) and taxi driver, Ranachal Singh, 31, of Good Hope, ECD, allegedly committed the offence between April 16 and 19, 2016 at Cummings Lodge, Georgetown.
According to reports, on April 16, 2016 Hackett left to retrieve a package that was sent by Hamilton for their son from a person named “Dexter”. It was reported that the woman went missing one day before she was supposed to perform the role of maid of honour at her sister’s wedding.
It was reported that Singh and the other accused allegedly picked up Hackett at University of Guyana (UG) Access Road on the evening of April 16. The woman was taken further down the said road where she was killed.
The partially decomposed body of the 25-year-old “C” Field Sophia resident was discovered in a trench parallel to UG road, at Fourth Field, Cummings Lodge, on April 19, 2016.
It was reported that her throat was slit and there were what appeared to be two stab wounds to the back of her neck. Hamilton had reportedly confessed to police that he killed the mother of his child.
Based on reports, Singh transported Hamilton to Mahdia although he knew that the man had killed Hackett and dumped her body.

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