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Two men who were allegedly part of a six-man gang that shot and killed 49-year-old watermelon vendor, Hansraj Samaroo, called Buddy, Long Hair, or Watermelon Man,Wholesale Basketball Jerseys, were yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when they appeared before her at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court to answer to two charges.The men, O’Jay Gourie, 21, of 37 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam; and Troy Holligan, 29, of 55 Stanleytown, who said that he was a mason, were charged with murder and robbery under arms.The first charge, which was read to the men by prosecutor Inspector Satrohan Dayaram,China Stitched NFL Jerseys, stated that on March 27, last, while in company of others at Hampshire village,Wholesale Jerseys USA, they murdered Hansraj Samaroo.The second charge read that on the same date at the same residence,NFL Jerseys Cheap, while in the company of others, and armed with dangerous weapons they robbed Kumarie Samaroo of gold jewellery,Wholesale MLB Jerseys, Guyana and US currency totalling $1.1 million.Bail was refused and the matters were transferred to the Albion Court for 27 April.Samaroo,Cheap MLB Jerseys China, of 63 Hampshire Squatting Area,Cheap Jerseys, a watermelon and fruits vendor in the New Amsterdam Market, was shot and killed when he resisted attempts by bandits to rob him and his family.He was shot and subsequently died at the Georgetown Public Hospital, after he was rushed there and underwent emergency operation.The two accused were picked out at an identification parade. The hunt is on for the rest of the gang, including the mastermind.Kaieteur News understands that the two men who are known to the authorities were travelling in a car when the police who were acting on information swooped down on the vehicle and arrested them.Further investigation led to the men being taken to Corentyne where they were positively identified as part of the gang that committed the acts at Hampshire. They were subsequently charged.Kumarie Samaroo, the dead man’s wife, who is also a vendor and sold alongside her husband, had stated that the men who were armed with guns and wearing masks had barged into the house and demanded cash and jewellery.She said that they resisted and were badly beaten. Her husband who was upstairs put up a fight and was shot in the groin.Before he died, Samaroo had identified the gunman who shot him. |
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