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Jun 06, 2012 News
Jail delivery was done on June 4, 2012 and it brought to an end the April 2012 Criminal Assizes in Demerara. The Assizes commenced on 3rd April, 2012. There were 234 cases listed to be heard by two judges, but only five of these cases were completed during the period.
The cases were divided between Madam Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire and Justice Franklin Holder. Three matters were completed by Justice Holder. Two were for the offence of Murder. In one of the murder cases the accused pleaded not guilty to Murder but guilty to the lesser offence of Manslaughter and was sentenced to eight years imprisonment.
In the other case, the trial judge upheld a no case submission and thereafter directed the Jury to return a formal verdict of not guilty. In the third matter, the accused was indicted for two offences, rape and robbery under Arms. In this case, the jury returned a not guilty verdict against the accused. The victim positively identified the accused and an independent witness testified seeing the accused spring off from the victim during the course of the rape and two men who were in the car of this witness pursued the accused and caught him. Despite this strong and compelling evidence the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
Two matters were completed by Justice George-Wiltshire. These matters were both for the offence of Murder. In one of the matters there were three accused. Two of them pleaded not guilty of Murder and guilty to the lesser offence of Manslaughter and were each sentenced to 30 years imprisonment. A formal verdict of not guilty was returned by the Jury for the third accused. In the second case the trial judge upheld a no case submission and thereafter directed the Jury to return a formal verdict of not guilty. The trial judge upheld a no case submission because of the poor investigations done by the police in relation to identification of the accused.
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