Georgetown: A 47-year-old security guard of Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown, was Monday remanded to prison for raping and killing Marilyn Singh, a 53-year-old woman of the same community.
Ravindra Ramdeen was not required to plead to the charge of murder during the furtherance of rape when he appeared before Magistrate Alisha George at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.
He is slated to make his next court appearance on February 1.
Reports are that the man strangled the woman to death after she refused to have sex with him. The duo had shared an intimate relationship. In his confession, the security guard said he went home after he strangled the woman.
It was until the following morning; the woman’s naked body was discovered on her bed.
Ramdeen told investigators that he had consumed a quantity of Vodka before visiting Singh, and that the woman, upon letting him in, became annoyed by his drinking. The accused said that he then “held onto” Singh, and as she was walking backwards, she fell onto the bed. Ramdeen said that he then took off the woman’s clothes, after which they became intimate, and that “after he finished, they lie down.” The man told police that as Singh was attempting to “get up”, he pulled her back onto the bed, causing her to hit her head. Ramdeen claimed that Singh then shouted his name twice, after which he “choked her and went home”.
A neighbour told the police that she heard the woman’s faint screams around 02:26 hrs on Friday morning. “She was screaming saying, ‘Ravin! Ravin! What you doing?’” the neighbour related.
The neighbour related that she “peeped around,” but saw nothing. Singh’s neighbour, Madonna Ghanie does not believe that “Ravin” and Singh shared an intimate relation. “Anybody in the village would tell you that Jean never liked him; they don’t ever get along,” Ghanie related.
It was Ghanie who used her Facebook page to highlight “the constant abuse” that Singh faced, at the hands of her step-neice, Ramdeen’s reputed wife.
The alleged abuser, Bridgemohan, is expected to make an appearance at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court today, December 18, to answer to assault charges.
After being allegedly beaten by Bridgemohan with a spade, Singh was badly wounded, with her teeth piercing through her chin.
“Jean”, who would have celebrated her birthday on Sunday last, seemed to have been well-loved in her community. Every night since her death, neighbours have come together to host wakes and a nightly vigil
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