AFTER two weeks of investigation, two men on Friday appeared in court, charged for the murder of well-known Bourda Market vendor, Troy Ramalho.
Akeem Morris 26, a miner of Sandy Bob Street, Kitty and George Patton, 34, a taxi driver of Eccles, East Bank Demerara appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and was not required to plead to the capital charge.
Particulars of the charge allege that the duo, on August 15, 2018 at Bourda, murdered Ramalho during the course or furtherance of a robbery. Both men were remanded to prison until September 21.
According to reports, Ramalho, of 11 North Road, Lacytown, Georgetown, was shot around 23:00hrs on the day in question, after he resisted the three men who were robbing him.
The 45-year-old Troy Ramalho, who was well known for selling cheese and eggs in front of “Rambarran’s” on Robb Street, in close proximity to Bourda Street, was plying his trade when the three bandits, one armed with a gun, ambushed him.
The police, acting on intelligence, had arrested the taxi driver whose car the men hired in Buxton, East Coast Demerara.
He reportedly told the police he picked up the men at Demico, Stabroek, Georgetown and they had asked him to drive to Robb Street, Georgetown, where the men identified their victim.
The taxi driver allegedly told police that the men whom he met several months ago asked him to park on Alexander Street between Regent Street and North Road.
The bandits then exited and a short while after he heard loud explosions that sounded like gunshots and he saw the trio running towards the car.
In his getaway dash at the junction of Camp Street and North Road, a car slammed into his vehicle, causing it to spin and one of the men fell out. In the process, he saw the man run off and he then sped away, dropping off the other two at their destination.
The following day he collected $40,000 and decided to hide in Dairy, West Bank Demerara.
