Nearly four years after being charged with the murder of Shawnette Savory, who went missing in 2016, the charge against her alleged murderer has been discharged due to insufficient evidence.
Davendra Ramdial, 35, also known as ‘Duckman’, was not required to plead to the indictable charge, which alleged that on August 30, 2016, at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, he murdered Savory.
The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge was presided over by Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Throughout the PI, the prosecution called several witnesses, including Savory’s mother. But the evidence did not meet the threshold to have Ramdial stand trial by a jury before a judge. Hence, the presiding magistrate discharged him last month.
Savory, a resident of 222 Last Street, Prospect, East Bank Demerara, was reportedly last seen leaving her apartment on August 29th, 2016.
Her sister, Vanessa Ramcharran, last spoke to her on the same day she went missing and Savory had informed her that she was going to buy credit for her electricity meter. Savory subsequently returned home and topped up the meter and the landlady said she saw her leave again.
A missing person’s report was subsequently made at the Providence Police Station.
The ensuing investigation resulted in Ramdial being arrested and charged with the crime.
