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Dec 04, 2019 News
Jamal Forde, 25, was yesterday freed of a charge which alleged that he murdered Sophia shopkeeper, Shawn Anys, on May 1, 2015. Trial Judge Sandil Kissoon upheld a no-case submission made by Forde’s lawyers, Ronald Burch-Smith and Keoma Griffith.
Forde of South Sophia, Greater Georgetown, had initially pleaded not guilty to the murder indictment presented by State Prosecutors Abigail Gibbs and Mandel Moore.
Based on reports, Anys, who owned a small grocery shop at ‘D’ Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown, was confronted by armed men his home. It was reported that the gunmen shot Anys, 37, while demanding cash and valuables from him.
They reportedly made off with $40,000 in cash along with jewellery. The 37-year-old businessman was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Another man, Odel Roberts, 25, of ‘C’ Field Sophia was also charged with Anys’s murder. He is currently on remand awaiting trial. He was recently sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for trafficking marijuana.
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