Garbage collector remanded for killing Berbice youth

…Police on hunt for 2nd murder suspect

A garbage collector attached to Cevons Waste Management – a private waste collection company – was on Friday remanded for allegedly murdering a plant pot maker in Berbice last Sunday.
Ryan Dhanpat, a 34-year-old garbage collector of Smithfield, New Amsterdam, has been remanded to prison for the murder of 22-year-old Kevin Small, a plant pot maker, which occurred on March 12.

Dhanpat appeared before Magistrate Renita Singh at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on Friday, and was not required to plead to the indictable charge of murder. It is alleged that on Sunday last, at Budhan Scheme, Dhanpat chopped Small, resulting in his death.
An autopsy performed on the body of Small by Government Pathologist Dr Vevakanand Brijmohan gave the cause of death as shock and haemorrhage due to an incised wound to the forearm.
Dhanpat has been remanded until April 28, when the case comes up again.
Meanwhile, the court was told that the Police have been advised to contact a second suspect. According to the prosecution, the Police are on the hunt for him. The prosecution also told the court that the investigation has been completed, and the Police are awaiting the autopsy report.
Also attending Friday’s hearing was Shamar Wilson, who was also injured during the chopping incident. Police had reported that on that Sunday morning, at about 10:30hrs, Small, Wilson and another friend left Mount Sinai for the Canje River at Caracas to swim.
Upon their arrival, three other youths approached them, and an argument ensued which resulted in a fight. In his bid to escape, Small jumped into the river, but was grabbed by one of the attackers, who started firing chops.
The Police said Wilson jumped in to help his friend, but one of the attackers turned his attention to him, and wounded him with a cutlass. He was subsequently assisted to get to the hospital.
It had been reported that a cellular phone had gone missing, and the accused along with others had confronted both Small and Wilson last Friday, and there was a chopping incident.
The men had reportedly been hunting the two on Saturday evening, and on Sunday morning learned that they had gone to swim.
After being injured, Small fled the scene and reportedly went to an abandoned house, where he subsequently bled to death. (G4)