The trial of Rayan Carter who is accused of the 2018 murder of former Kaneville machine operator, Ishwar Ramanah, is currently underway before Justice Navindra Singh and a jury at the High Court in Georgetown.
Carter is alleged to have fatally shot Ramanah during a robbery, after invading the man’s home.
The charge against him states that on January 13th, 2018, at Kaneville, East Bank Demerara (EBD) he murdered Ramanah during the course or furtherance of a robbery.
He has pleaded not guilty to the capital indictment. Carter is being represented by defence attorney Rachael Bakker; while the state’s case is being presented by Prosecutor Tiffini Lyken who will be calling just over a dozen witnesses.
Ramanah, called ‘Jack,’ who resided at Lot 624 Macaw Drive, Kaneville, EBD, was shot in the abdomen during a robbery, which occurred around 12.10 am on December 13th, 2017 at his home.
Afterward, he was rushed to the East Bank Demerara Regional Hospital, where he was treated before being transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
He underwent surgery and was admitted as a patient of the Intensive Care Unit of the GPH, where he eventually succumbed exactly one month later—on January 13th, 2018.
