KEVIN Ramsawck, the first person who was detained after police came upon the dismembered body of Samantha Benjamin at the Annandale foreshore, was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared in the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court charged with the capital offence. 

He will make his next court appearance later this month at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court.

Meanwhile, his two alleged accomplices were arrested by police over the weekend and are likely to appear in court today to also face a murder charge.
The court was told yesterday that the 22-year-old who resided in Berbice skipped that region and came to Georgetown following several pending matters he had there.

The murder accused who was described as a substance abuser reportedly told investigators that he was out smoking marijuana with the other two suspects one night when the idea of robbing Samantha Benjamin was floated.
He alleged that on the night of the murder, the men showed up at the home where he and the woman were staying and lashed her to the head. They then proceeded to ransack the house for valuables, particularly the room she had occupied.
After the men hit the woman to her head they proceeded to chop off her hands and feet and then placed her in a wheel barrow and wheeled her to the seashore under cover of darkness.
At the seashore, one of the men reportedly decided to cut the woman’s head off and carve out her eyes. The police are continuing their investigations and are weighing what the 22-year-old said to them and the implication of the other two young men who are from the community of Buxton. The DPP is to advise in the matter shortly.
Two weeks ago the torso of the woman who was subsequently identified as Samantha Benjamin was found but her head and limbs were missing. Shortly after the police returned to the scene where the woman’s head, hands and feet were discovered not too far away.
Last week Tuesday the police acting on information searched the house where the woman had been staying.
The police apprehended the man after finding overwhelming evidence that the house might have been the place where the woman was killed as there were extensive traces of blood.

By Leroy Smith