A father of three was yesterday remanded for the almost decade-old murder of an East Coast Demerara fuel dealer.
The charge against Saheed Mitchell states that he murdered Ramzan Alli, 45, of Kissoon’s Housing Scheme, Good Hope, between July 11th, 2009 and July 12th, 2009, while being in the company of another.
Attorney David DaSilva represented Mitchell, who was not required to plead to the indictable charge.
According to the police’s case, on July 11th, 2009 at 11.15 am, Alli left his home and drove to an unknown destination. On July 12th, his body was found in the trunk of the car.
It is alleged that Mitchell, who was arrested just days ago, has admitted under caution to committing the crime.
The matter was adjourned until April 15th, 2019, when it will be called at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court. Mitchell will be remanded to prison until then.
Police had said in 2009 that Alli was discovered dead with a plastic bag duct taped over his head in the trunk of a rental car along the Coldingen Railway Embankment Road
Alli had left his home around 9.20 pm on the previous night after receiving a phone call. After Alli failed to return home, police had said, relatives and employees conducted a search on Sunday morning and found the rental vehicle on the road. The police were subsequently informed and a search later revealed Alli’s body in the trunk.
At the time, police said robbery did not appear to be a motive behind his murder. “His wife has so far told police that he left home without any cash, jewellery or valuables on him, and his cellular phone was found in his pocket. Nothing was taken from his person or the vehicle,” a police source told this newspaper then.
