Jury to decide on fate of accused in Shoe lace murder trial

Nov 16, 2018 News

MURDERED: Kamal Ramsahoye

A mixed twelve-member jury is set to decide on the fate of Phillip “Shoe Lace” Paul, who is on trial for the murder of Kamal Ramsahoye. Ramsahoye was allegedly murdered in December 2012.
The jury is expected to deliberate, following a summing up of the evidence of the trial by Justice Sandil Kissoon.
In December 2012, Ramsahoye was found dead at his residence with what appeared to be multiple stab wounds about his body.
A post mortem examination later concluded that the man died from haemorrhaging and shock due to massive blood loss.
At the High Court, Attorney-at-law, Damion De Santos, is representing Paul who allegedly between December 8 and December 9, 2012, murdered Ramsahoye during the course of a robbery. The accused has since denied the charges.
However, during his trial at the Georgetown High Court, Police Detective Kevin Martin related that the accused had admitted to the crime in his statement.
According to the policeman, the accused had struck a deal with his friend to break into Ramsahoye’s house and conduct the robbery.
The policeman related that the accused said that he and his friend jumped the fence and saw a man inside of the house and they went inside.
According to the police witness, Paul said: “I hold on to he and Tall Man pull out a knife. I tell he don’t bore de man, but he say de man see we face. Tall Man began stabbing de man in he heart and belly.
“The man fall down and Tall Man tek de money out of de draw and we went upstairs. They had some money pon de table; Tall Man pick it up; we jump de fence, went through the street and went on de line top.”
The jury also heard that the accused was given some $60,000 before the duo parted company. Sergeant Martin disclosed that Paul looked over his statement and appeared to be reading it and purportedly understood the contents of his caution statement.
The police contended that the defendant gave his statement of his own free will and even said that he did not want his mother present at the time surrounding the interrogation as she “gan fall down”.
Martin, who was a witness to the said caution statement, identified the document in court.

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