Body found in East Canje: Berbice construction worker slapped with murder charge

A construction worker was on Monday remanded to prison for allegedly killing a Canje labourer just over a week ago.
Trevor Rajmangal, 23, of Canefield, appeared virtually before Magistrate Sherdel Marcus and was not required to plead to the indictable charge, which alleges that between March 18 and 19, 2023, at West Canefield, East Canje, he murdered Mohamed Abdul Ali called “Mice”.

Rajmangal, who was represented by Attorney-at-Law Chandra Sohan, will have to return to court on April 23, when the Police is expected to make a disclosure of all the evidence they have.
The body of the 36-year-old labourer was discovered along a street at Canefield by a villager. At the time, there was blood oozing from his left eye and he still had a radio attached to his hand while his vest was half pulled over his head.
An autopsy which was performed by Government Pathologist Dr Vivekanand Bridgemohan gave the cause of death as shock with cerebral haemorrhage due to a fractured skull.
It had been reported that after the accused was arrested, he confessed to killing Ali.

It had also been reported that Rajmangal allegedly told the Police that he threw a beer bottle at Ali, hitting him in the head.
Rajmangal had claimed that after his arrest, he was taken to an isolated place and threatened and he told the Police a story.
He reportedly claimed that he and the now dead man had an argument and it was during that argument that he pelted him.
Police had reported that the now-dead man was seen at about 20:00h on Saturday walking through the said street drinking alcohol, in appeared to be a drunken state. It was hours later that his dead body was discovered. (G4)