THE cases of Ryan Bobb-Semple, accused of sodomizing and killing a nine-year-old boy,Shaquan Gittens and Ali Mohammed, who allegedly had beaten his bedridden father to death with a piece of wood, have stalled because of their delayed psychiatric reports.

In April, Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry had remanded Bobb-Semple and had ordered that the he undergo a psychiatric evaluation, after his attorney stated that he was not competent to stand trial.
However, three court appearances later, Bobb-Semple’s case has stalled once again because the prosecution was unable to present the court with the report on his mental state.
On his last appearance on Monday, June 15, before Magistrate Fabayo Azore, Prosecutor Bharrat Mangru had revealed that the report is not yet ready, although it was ordered by the chief magistrate over one month ago from Dr. Bhiro Harry. Bobb-Semple was then remanded once again and ordered to return to court on Tuesday, June 30,2015.
According to reports, Semple had seen Gittens walking during the night at Cane View Avenue, South Ruimveldt, between Wednesday, April 1 and Saturday,April 4,2015, when he grabbed him and took him to an uninhabited area where he tied the victim’s hands and sodomized him while choking him until he passed out.
The accused then slept with the child under a tree until he awoke next morning to the child’s motionless body. The man is accused of severing the child’s penis before raping him again and dumping the body.
Ali Mohammed, of Lot 38 Providence Public Road,East Bank Demerara, had made his first court appearance on Monday, January 19,2015, before the chief magistrate and was remanded for allegedly killing his 83 – year – old father Mohamed Suleiman on Tuesday, January 13,2015, at Providence, East Bank Demerara.
The chief magistrate on that court appearance had ordered a psychiatric report for Mohammed at the request of his lawyer, Mr. Paul Fung-a-Fat,stating that his client was “sick in his mind” and needed to be examined by a psychiatrist to ascertain whether he is fit to stand trial. The matter was transferred to Magistrate Azore
Mohammed made several subsequent court appearances and was further remanded, yet his psychiatric report has not yet been presented. On his last court appearance before Magistrate Azore, Mohammed, who seemed shaken but responsive, had nodded and told the magistrate the he has been taking the medication that was prescribed to him by Doctor Harry. He,however,said that he had not been examined. He was then ordered to return to court on Monday, July 13,2015.
According to reports, on the day in question Mohammed armed himself with a piece of wood and dealt his sister several lashes causing her to run out of the house. The prosecutor said that the accused went into the bedroom where his father, who had been bedridden after he suffered a stroke, and dealt the elderly man several lashes with the piece of wood.The man was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre where he was referred to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH). He subsequently died.