The trial of murder accused Mohamed Rasheed, 42, called ‘Boy’, ‘Raymond’ and ‘Rigman’ of Number 55 Village Squatting Area began yesterday in the Berbice High Court before Justice Dawn Gregory-Barnes and a mixed jury.Rasheed is charged with murdering his elderly wife, 60-year-old Budmattie Ramroop, called ‘Vedoo’ or ‘Haribol woman’, on July 27, 2008.The matter was put down last Thursday after the empanelling of the Jury to allow state appointed attorney, Charrandass Persaud, enough time to be acquainted with the case.Mohammed Rasheed called ‘Boy’, ‘Raymond’ and ‘Rigman’When the trial began Prosecutor Attorney at Law, Dionne Mc Cammon, called three witnesses. The first to take the witness stand was detective corporal Winston Singh.The policeman who is now stationed at the Brickdam Police Station testified that during the period in question he was stationed at the Springlands Police Station.He said that he visited the scene and observed the body of the deceased which had a laceration to the back of the head,Jordan Shoes Australia Online, lying on the floor. He also stated that blood was oozing from the wound.Detective constable Leroy Cummings was the next to take the witness stand. He testified that at the time, he too was stationed at the Springlands Police Station as a general duty rank.He was one of the ranks that visited the scene after the accused had visited the station and made a report. He said that when he visited scene he noticed the body of the deceased lying on the floor with her face up and she appeared to be dead.He said that she was taken to the hospital by a minibus. He stated that he did not see any blood during his visit.The final witness to take the stand was Savitri Jugmohan, a daughter of the deceased. The woman testified that on July 27 she received certain information and went to the burial ground dam where she noticed her mother lying on the dam.Her stepfather was standing nearby, she said. She asked him what was going on and he stated that my mother was drunk and that he was taking her home.She said that she then left and went to her own home.She stated that during the early hours of the morning of July 28, her stepfather came by her house and called her, stating that her mother was dead. She asked him how he knew that she was dead and he replied that he was trying to wake her to go and cook, but she was not responding.When she visited the premises her mother was lying in the hall of the house on the floor. She stated that what she can recollect is the house did not have a bed and the couple would sleep on a mattress on the floor.The state is contending that Rasheed and Ramroop lived together as man and wife and on the day in question he had reported to the No51 police station that the deceased, after going to bed did not wake up the following morning.A post mortem examination which was conducted subsequently on the body revealed that the woman succumbed to a blunt trauma to the head.As such the accused was arrested and charged.
