3 to face Judge, jury over murder of Corentyne man

…victim’s mother expressed delight

A Corentyne, Berbice mother has expressed delight over the committal of a businessman, his son and another man for the 2017 death of her son, who was killed, and his body burnt.
There were verbal clashes between the mother and the businessman’s wife after the trio was committed to stand trial in the High Court.
Last Monday, Magistrate Charlyn Artiga committed Bharrat Ramsaywack, 43, a block maker of Number 55 Village; his son Prem Ramsaywack, 17; and Mohanlall Sewsankar, 20, a labourer, who worked with the block maker to stand trial before a Judge and jury for allegedly killing Mahendra Ghanie, of Bloomfield, Corentyne

between October 2 and October 4, 2017.
The bones of 21-year-old Ghanie was found in a shallow grave with burning coconut shells next to a cemetery at Number 55 Village, close to Ramsaywack’s fence.
It had been reported that the trio offered Police a confession statement stating that Ghanie was struck on his head with a piece of wood rendering him unconscious. They then reportedly dragged his body and dumped it in the shallow grave. It was then set afire.
The men after checking and found that the body was not destroyed, burnt it again in another shallow grave, the Police said.
They had earlier accused Ghanie, who worked with the block maker, of stealing a goat. Magistrate Artiga committed Bharrat Ramsaywack to stand trial

for murder, while his son and Sewsankar were committed to stand trial for being accessories to murder.
After the court found that there was sufficient evidence to commit the trio to stand

trial in the High Court, Defence Attorney Mursaline Bacchus, who represented the younger Ramsaywack, argued that he could not be tried in the High Court for murder since the evidence suggest that he allegedly assisted to dispose the body.
The ruling was then that the two be tried for being accessories to murder.
Following the ruling, Indranie Seenauth, the mother of the dead man, said that she is elated knowing that she is getting justice for her son’s death.
“I feel a little better but I still lost my son,” she said.
“The mother of Prem Ramsaywack came downstairs and she talking to me and my daughter could hear that we can’t see we son but she could see she own. I start to cry and feel real bad because I lost my son and I can’t get him back but I leave everything in God’s hands,” she said as she broke down in tears.