Man still in custody over dismembering

One man who was implicated in the murder of Samantha Benjamin, the dismembered Buxton woman who was found on the Annandale foreshore, is still in custody and the police are waiting for advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions, a source said.

Several other persons who were taken into custody for questioning were released. Imran Ramsaywack, a labourer who confessed to the crime was charged last week Tuesday at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court for.

Benjamin, a United States citizen, was the proprietor of a boutique in the Vendor’s Mall on Water Street.

Her dismembered body was found at the Annandale foreshore on the morning of March 26. The head, legs and arms were found later at the foreshore after the water receded.