MURDER accused Ryan Bobb-Semple, who allegedly sodomised and murdered a nine-year-old boy, on Tuesday made another court appearance before Magistrate Ann McLennan.It had been expected that a psychiatric report detailing Bobb-Semple’s mental state would have been presented, but this was not done. According to Prosecutor Bharrat Mangru, the defendant was still being examined, and asked for another date for presentation of the report. The new date for presentation of the report is Monday, July 20, 2015.
The court was told that the defendant has received treatment, but is unresponsive. The chief magistrate had ordered that the accused undergo a psychiatric evaluation, after his attorney stated that he was not competent to stand trial.
According to reports, Bobb-Semple saw the little boy, Shaquan Gittens, walking at night on Cane View Avenue, South Ruimveldt Park, when he grabbed him. He allegedly dragged him to an uninhabited area, where he tied the victim’s hands and sodomised him while choking him until he passed out. Subsequently, the accused reportedly dumped Gittens’s body into a trench in the South Ruimveldt backlands.