Gold dealer made to strip before thrown overboard

Sherwyn Harte

Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coastguard and murder accused Sherwyn Hart admitted to police that he and fellow coastguardsmen ordered Bartica gold dealer Dweive Kant Ramdass to take off his clothes before they lifted him and threw him overboard into the Essequibo River.

Hart’s statement to the police was admitted yesterday as evidence in his trial, which is being conducted before Justice Franklyn Holder in the High Court sitting at Suddie.

It was also read to the court by ex-policeman Deryck Foo, who