Three men were on Wednesday remanded to prison in connection with the brutal murder of 73-year-old Kamaluddin Abrahim, also known as “Richard” or “The Brown Clothes Man,” of Lot 111 Free Yard, Port Mourant, Corentyne Berbice.
The accused are 33-year-old Darwin Trim, a cane harvester of Free Yard, Port Mourant; 29-year-old Premchand Ramsohai, a mason of Port Mourant; and 46-year-old Rajendra Balkaran, a harvester of Lot 3 Kitten Dam, Rose Hall. They appeared before Magistrate Michelle Mathias at the Reliance Magistrate’s Court, where the charge of murder was read to them.
It is alleged that the trio murdered Abrahim sometime between June 26, 2023, and July 1, 2023. Police Prosecutor Mark Edwards informed the court that the case file was complete, and the matter has been transferred to the Albion Magistrate’s Court for disclosure on October 14, 2025. The defendants were all remanded to prison.
The arrests come more than two years after Abrahim’s death. Detectives re-interviewed witnesses, revisited the crime scene, and re-examined the evidence while also incorporating new material. These efforts led to the detention of the three men and, ultimately, to reported confession statements.
Investigators said the men, who were all acquaintances of the pensioner, detailed the events that led to his killing. According to the confession, the men had visited Abrahim’s home on the night of June 30, 2023, where they observed a sum of money on his table. They reportedly asked him for some, but he refused. Enraged, they allegedly beat him into an unconscious state and took possession of the $45,000 cash. The suspects then transported Abrahim to the Rose Hall foreshore, where they continued the assault until he succumbed to his injuries. That night, heavy rainfall reportedly made visibility poor, reducing the chances of their movements being detected.
On July 1, 2023, Abrahim’s sons, his only two children filed a missing person’s report after visiting his home and finding him absent. Two days later, around noon on July 3, 2023, a fisherman discovered a decomposed body in a clump of bushes along the Rose Hall Town foreshore. The remains were later positively identified as those of Abrahim by one of his sons. A post-mortem examination conducted the same day was inconclusive due to the advanced state of decomposition.
In 2023, several persons were initially held for questioning, but police could not connect them to the crime. One of the men who later confessed was reportedly among those early suspects. The breakthrough has since brought some relief to Abrahim’s family, who had waited more than two years for justice.
