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Three more witnesses testify in Bourda cheese vendor murder PI
Three more witnesses yesterday testified in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of popular Bourda cheese vendor, Troy Ramalho, who was shot and killed while plying his trade.
Three persons have been charged with the murder and are currently on trial before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Royce Sandiford, a 33-year-old labourer; Akeem Morris, 26, a miner, of 40 Sandy Babb Street, Kitty; and George Paton, 34, a taxi driver of 177 BB Eccles, East Bank Demerara, were not required to plead to the charge which stated that on August 15, last, at Robb Street, Bourda, Lacytown, they murdered Troy Ramalho during the course of a robbery.
Yesterday when the matter was called before the Chief Magistrate, City Police Roger Harmon, along with police constables Andre Gittens and Ryan Pollard testified as part of the prosecution case.
The witnesses gave brief testimonies and were cross- examined by the lawyers representing the defendants.
The Prosecution is being led by Police Prosecutor Neville Jeffers. The matter was then adjourned to January 3, 2019.
According to information, Ramalho was sitting on a bench at his business place, and had just finished selling a customer when three men walked up to him and he was shot.
Ramalho fell to the ground and was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
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