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A 25-year-old man was on Thursday sentenced to death for the murder of 45-year-old United States-based Guyanese businesswoman Samantha Benjamin, whose dismembered body was found at the Buxton Seawalls, East Coast Demerara in 2015.<\/p>

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Imran Ramsaywack also known as \u2018Kevin Jones\u2019, \u2018Coolie Boy\u2019 or \u2018Ramsa\u2019 Lot 7, Adelphi Village East Canje, Berbice was sentenced by Justice Sandil Kissoon moments after a 12-member jury found him guilty.<\/p>\n

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He was convicted of murdering the woman between March 25-26, 2015.<\/p>

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Ramsaywack was represented by Ravindra Mohabir while the State was represented by prosecutors Abigail Gibbs and Mandel Moore.<\/p>

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The Judge stated that he found no mitigating factors and noted that Benjamin\u2019s death was a \u201ccold, bloodied, calculated robbery with escalated into murder.\u201d<\/p>\n

Justice Kissoon also considered the violence that was inflicted onto Benjamin along with the efforts of Ramsaywack to dispose of her dismembered body.<\/p>

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Justice Kissoon told Ramsaywack that he is unfit to dwell in society among civilised citizens.<\/p>\n

Benjamin\u2019s relatives who were in court broke down in tears and said justice has been served.<\/p>

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Benjamin, a United States citizen, was the proprietor of a boutique in the Vendor\u2019s Mall on Water Street.<\/p>

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Her dismembered body was found at the foreshore on the morning of March 26. The head, legs and arms were found later at the foreshore after the water receded.<\/p>\n

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