A 22-YEAR-OLD unemployed man was on Tuesday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for the capital offence of murder.

Rayon Carter of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, is charged with the murder of Ishwar Ramanah who died on January 13 at Kaneville, EBD, from injuries sustained during the course of a robbery.

The unrepresented man was not required to plead to the charge and was remanded to prison until February 22.According to reports, Ramanah was shot to his abdomen during a robbery at his home on December 13, 2017.

He was rushed to the Diamond Hospital where he was treated and transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. He  died on January 13,2018.