Suspect charged with murder of North R’veldt boy

Ryan Bobb-Semple

Ryan Bobb-Semple, the man accused of abducting and killing nine-year-old Shaquan Gittens, was yesterday arraigned in a city court on a murder charge.

Bobb-Semple was not required to plead to the charge, which stated that between April 1 and April 4, at Houston Backlands, East Bank Demerara, he murdered Gittens.

While Bobb-Semple stood in the dock waiting for his name to be called, he bent his head. However, when Magistrate Judy Latchman called his name he instantly stood up but remained silent when asked by the court if he wanted to rectify anything.