Photographs of murder scene tendered

FOURTEEN photographs of the murder scene of Simone Hackett, who was found with her

Cleavaughn Hamilton

throat slit in a trench at Cummings Lodge, was tendered into evidence Tuesday as the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into her murder continues at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Courts.

The dead woman’s child father, Cleavaughn Hamilton, 30, of Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD) and taxi driver, Ranachal Singh, 31, of Good Hope, ECD, allegedly committed the offence between April 16 and 19, 2016 at Cummings Lodge, Georgetown.

Police Photographer, Corporal Patrick Benjamin testified before Magistrate Alisha George that he was the police photographer present on the crime scene when Hackett’s body was being pulled from the trench.

Simone Hackett

Fourteen photographs taken by Benjamin were tendered in court. During Tuesday’s hearing, the dead woman’s aunt, Shelly Green, also testified. Green had identified Hackett’s body, while at the Georgetown Public Hospital Mortuary.

Police Inspector Devon Lowe, a detective attached to the Major Crimes Investigation Unit and woman constable McBean also testified during Tuesday’s hearing.

The matter is being prosecuted by Prosecutor David Goodridge and is adjourned until July 13.

According to reports during the evening of April 16, 2016 Singh, along with the woman’s child-father, picked up Hackett from UG Access Road. The court heard that Hackett was taken further down the said road, and was killed.

Singh is said to have known that the man had killed Hackett, but still transported him to

Taxi Driver, Ranachal Singh

Mahdia, after the woman’s body was dumped. The taxi driver was detained after his bloodstained vehicle was found in Mahdia. The taxi driver had reportedly instructed his girlfriend to wash his car.

The mother of one was reported missing by relatives on April 17, 2016 after she had not returned the previous night from going to collect a package allegedly sent from Mahdia by Hamilton.

Investigators had questioned a bus driver and conductor who had transported Hamilton to the City a day before Hackett went missing.

The report of the post-mortem performed on Hackett indicated that she died as a result of incised wounds to the neck. Her body was discovered by two schoolboys on their way to school, and was positively identified by relatives.

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