Fifty-two-year-old Hemraj Bramdeo, called “Rickey Scrawley”, who has been indicted for the murder of 25-year-old Dellon Bradford, called “Chicken”, on Phagwah Day in 2016, will go on trial for the offence from next Monday, November 28.
Bramdeo is accused of murdering the father of three, a former resident of Skull City in Patentia, West Bank Demerara, on March 23, 2016 at Patentia.
Following the murder of Dellon Bradford, the Police had issued a wanted bulletin for Bramdeo, formerly of Back Street, Patentia, WBD. Upon his arraignment before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall at the High Court in Demerara this week, Bramdeo pleaded not guilty to the murder charge.
It is alleged that on the day in question, while a certain woman was at her mother’s residence, Bradford had broken into her home at Lot 1 Skull City, Patentia and stolen $200,000 in cash and other items. The woman had reportedly come home and caught Bradford in the act, and a scuffle had ensued, during which he was stabbed multiple times.
The injured Bradford was taken to the West Demerara Regional Hospital, but was transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he died. A post-mortem examination revealed that Bradford had been stabbed six times, and his death had been due to kidney failure, spinal damage, and brain injuries.
At the time of his demise, Bradford had been employed as a labourer at the sugar estate at Wales, WBD.
