RYAN Bobb- Semple, 22, was yesterday remanded to prison for the gruesome murder of a nine-year-old South Ruimveldt child. The accused with (no address given) made his appearance before Magistrate Judy Latchman and was not required to plead to the indictable charge.
Particulars of the charge said that between April 1 and 4 at Houston Backlands, East Bank Demerara, he murdered Shaquan Gittens.
Semple appeared in court barefooted and sat quietly with his head leaning forward, before the charge was read to him.
Magistrate Latchman asked Semple if he had anything he wished to say or if he wished to make any complaints after the charge was read and Semple responded “No” in a nervous tone.
The first hearing was brief and the courtroom was calm when the matter was called. Also, no relatives of the deceased or the accused were present in court.
The man,who was unrepresented by counsel, will make his next court appearance before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on April 17.
According to reports, the suspect told investigators that he grabbed the child on April 1, took him aback of Cane View Avenue, South Ruimveldt and sodomised him.
While doing so, he reportedly choked the lad until he passed out. After committing the act, he reportedly slept with Gittens under a tree but realised the following morning that the boy had died. He then severed the child’s private part before having sex with his corpse; he then dumped the boy’s body into a canal.