A SERIOUS REQUEST: Prosecutors asked that the court give the harshest possible sentence to Oren Shlomo Mayer, as they say he was the mastermind
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 08, 2018
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
The three US nationals allegedly involved in the gruesome murder of a Canadian citizen
Police escort Oren Shlomo Mayer, center, who has been charged with the murder of Canadian Sanjay Ryan Ramgahan, to the New Taipei City District Prosecutors’ Office for questioning on Sept. 18. Photo: Wang Ting-chuan, Taipei Times
after a drug-related dispute were yesterday notified of the details of the indictment in court.
They were also denied bail in a separate hearing last night, as they are considered to be a flight risk and because of the severe circumstances of the case.
As the indictment documents are written in Chinese, the suspects’ lawyers would translate them into English, while interpreters would be present at the hearings, New Taipei City District Prosecutors’ Office spokesman Lin Hung-sung (林宏松) told the Taipei Times yesterday.
Prosecutors on Thursday charged Israeli-American Oren Shlomo Mayer, 37, and American Odane Bent, 30, with the murder and dismemberment of Canadian Sanjay Ryan Ramgahan, whose body was found on a riverbank under Zhongzheng Bridge in New Taipei City’s Yonghe District (永和) on Aug. 22. [FULL STORY]
