Escaped Bartica massacre convict Mark Royden Williams, called “Smallie,” and his co-accused Dennis Williams, called “Anaconda,” who were both sentenced to death, had appealed their convictions earlier this year.
Mark Royden is currently on the run, after escaping the Camp Street Prison, which was gutted by fire on Sunday afternoon. He is said to be the mastermind of an elaborate jailbreak plot.
In February, a jury unanimously found the men guilty of storming Bartica, where 12 men, including three police officers, were killed during an almost hour-long assault. Those killed in the rampage, were police officers Lance Corporal Zaheer Zakir, and Constables Shane Fredericks and Ron Osborne, and civilians Edwin Gilkes, Dexter Adrian, Irving Ferreira, Deonarine Singh, Ronald Gomes, Ashraf Khan, Abdool Yasseen, Errol Thomas, and Baldeo Singh.
In their notices of appeal, filed on February 16, about