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Nov 17, 2012 News
The youth in the Number 54 Village Dam, Corentyne murder who was found guilty of the capital charge of murder on Monday by a mixed jury in the Berbice High Court and had his sentence deferred to Thursday because the court wanted to verify his age has been sent to jail ‘at the Pleasure of the Court’ .
Rayan Alli, called ‘Karran’, of Number 54 Village, Corentyne, and formerly of Black Bush Polder who was on trial before Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire for the murder of his relative Premchand Sugrim, called ‘Copper’ and ‘Pluck’ 48 of Number 54 Village, Corentyne on July 20, last year.
His sentence was deferred when Alli’s age came into question after the defence had argued that the accused was 15 years old at the time of the crime.
The prosecution had given his date of birth as October 15, 1995. Justice George-Wiltshire had requested to see the Birth Certificate to certify his age. In court on Thursday his birth certificate was presented by defence Attorney Kumar Doorsammy and his date of birth was confirmed. At the time of the commission of the crime the accused was 15 years 9months. At the date of sentencing he was 17 years, one month old.
The Judge said that the accused could not be sentenced to death because he was under age at the time of the commission of the crime. “You are therefore sentenced to imprisonment at the Court’s Pleasure.” She also stated the matter is to be reviewed every two years on or about the anniversary of the initial sentencing. The first date for review consideration will be on November 15, 2014.
Initially, such sentencing was at the Pleasure of the Queen. Subsequently it was changed to the Pleasure of the President. Now after ruling by the Supreme Court such sentencing is done at the pleasure of the court.
Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire, on Monday, had summed up the evidence for the jury who took just under two hours to return with the unanimous verdict of guilty of Murder.
During the trial the accused had given an unsworn statement from the dock. His caution statement in which he had admitted lashing the accused, in which he had stated was self defence, was also admitted in court.
Alli who was 15 at the time used an iron pipe to lash Sugrim, who was his relative, in the head. Sugrim collapsed and was picked up and rushed to the Skeldon Hospital, before being transferred to the New Amsterdam hospital. He was then transferred to the Georgetown Hospital where he died on July 20, 2011.
The state called nine witnesses.
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