POLICE Prosecutor, Neville Jeffers, on Thursday, April 04, 2019, closed his case in the preliminary inquiry into the murder of former Bourda Market vendor, Troy Ramalho.
Roy Sandford, 33, of Section “D” Sophia, Greater Georgetown; Akeem Morris, 26, of Sandy Babb Street, Kitty; and George Paton, 34, a taxi driver of Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) are jointly charged for Ramalho’s murder.

Particulars of the charge alleged that the trio, on August 15, 2018, at Bourda, murdered Ramalho during the course, or furtherance, of a robbery.

The matter is presided over by the Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The matter was adjourned until April 15, 2019 for closing submission.
According to reports, Ramalho, of North Road, Lacytown, Georgetown, was shot at around 23:00hrs on the day in question, after ‘he put up’ a fight during the course of a robbery.

The 45-year-old vendor, who was well known for selling cheese and eggs in front of Rambarran’s on Robb Street, in close proximity to Bourda Street, was plying his trade when the three bandits, one armed with a gun, ambushed him.

The police, acting on intelligence, arrested the taxi driver whose car the men hired in Buxton, East Coast Demerara (ECD).