A 43-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to the capital offence of murder in the killing of the mother of his child, whose body was pulled from a trench days after she had gone missing.
Murder accused Clevaugh Hamilton
Clevaugh Hamilton, called ‘Quarters’, formerly of Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, and 37-year-old Ranachal Singh, also known as ‘Andy’, who also resided at Mahaicony, appeared before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the Demerara High Court on Thursday, jointly charged with the April 2016 murder of 25-year-old Simone Hackett, a mother of one.
Dead: Simone Hackett
Singh has opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter, and has been further remanded to prison until September 26, when he would be sentenced. Hamilton, who is the father of the woman’s son, has denied the murder charge, and will go on trial from next Monday before a mixed 12-member jury.
Hamilton and Singh are respectively being represented by Attorneys-at-Law Latchmie Rahamat and Alaira Murphy-Goodman. The case for the prosecution is being led by State Counsel Muntaz Ali, in association with State Counsel Taneisha Sagon.
It has been reported that on April 16, 2016, someone phoned Hackett and instructed her to collect a package for her son from a friend at the University of Guyana (UG) Access Road at Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown.
Confessed killer Ranachal Singh
The woman left her home at ‘C’ Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown to go to the location, but failed to return home. Three days later, her lifeless body was discovered in a trench at Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown by two boys who were on their way to school.
Hackett was reportedly choked and stabbed several times about her body. (G1)
