Floyd Ramit and Kemo Evans, the two accused in the murder of Hamson’s owner Abdul Farouk Hamid, were yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.
Ramit, 29, and Evans, 19, are jointly charged with murdering Hamid in the course or furtherance of a robbery between April 15 and April 16, 2015, at Collingwood Avenue, Nandy Park.
At the conclusion of the preliminary inquiry into the charge yesterday, Magistrate Judy Latchman told both accused that a prima facie case had been made out against them.
She then asked whether they ….
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