An Angoy’s Avenue labourer was yesterday sentenced to 55 and a half years in prison for the murder of a former associate.
Naresh Ramjohn, 40, a labourer, also of Stanley-town, New Amsterdam, was sentenced by Justice Navindra Singh at the Berbice High Court, where he was on trial. On September 10, a mixed jury unanimously found Ramjohn guilty of murdering Anthony Samaroo, 28, of Levi’s Dam, Angoy’s Avenue in 2008.
Following the verdict, Justice Singh ordered a probation report on Ramjohn. The probation report was given moments before the sentencing yesterday.
In the report, given to the court by Senior Probation Officer Claudia Munroe, it was reported that Ramjohn and Samaroo