Supreme Court upholds life sentence for murder
Staff writer, with CNA
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a life sentence handed down to an Israeli-American for the 2018 murder and dismemberment of a Canadian citizen on the banks of the Sindian River (新店溪).
The court dismissed Oren Shlomo Mayer’s appeal and concluded that there was nothing objectionable in the High Court’s ruling in January, which upheld the New Taipei City District Court’s conviction of Mayer and three others last year in connection with the murder.
According to the verdict, Mayer, who has dual citizenship in Israel and the US, killed Canadian Sanjay Ryan Ramgahan because he suspected that Ramgahan had informed police about an illicit drug trade in which he and the three accomplices were involved.
2021/05/12 20:10 Oren Shlomo Mayer (second from left) during an earlier police transfer Oren Shlomo Mayer (second from left) during an earlier police transfer (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) An Israeli-American citizen will have to spend his life in prison for the gruesome murder of a Canadian resident over a drug-related dispute following a decision by the Supreme Court Wednesday (May 12) to reject his final appeal. In the high-profile case, Oren Shlomo Mayer lured Canadian Sanjay Ryan Ramgahan to a riverside park in the New Taipei City district of Yonghe before killing him, dismembering him, and throwing his remains into the water on an evening in Aug. 2018. Mayer, who officially worked as a tattoo artist, suspected that the Canadian had been working as a police informant to shed light on his drug-dealing activities.
2021/01/13 20:42 Oren Shlomo Mayer at the Taiwan High Court for Wednesday s verdict Oren Shlomo Mayer at the Taiwan High Court for Wednesday s verdict (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The Taiwan High Court on Wednesday (Jan. 13) upheld the life sentence of an Israeli-American citizen convicted for the gruesome murder of a Canadian resident over a dispute related to drug dealing. Appeals are still possible against the sentence of Oren Shlomo Mayer and against shorter sentences for three other suspects that were also upheld, CNA reported. Mayer suspected in August 2018 that the Canadian, Sanjay Ryan Ramgahan, had betrayed their illicit operations to the police. He called him to a riverside park in the New Taipei City s Yonghe District, where he killed and dismembered him. He then threw his remains into the river with the help of another American, Ewart Odane Bent, who was sentenced to 12 years a