Davanand Rampersaud, the 27-year-old man who two weeks ago confessed to killing Mahaicony businesswoman Bibi Shairoon Nesha Ali in 2016, was yesterday handed a life sentence for the crime.
The charge alleged that between October 15th and October 17th, 2016, at Lot 4 Novar, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, Rampersaud unlawfully killed Ali. Rampersaud was charged with murder but pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter two weeks ago at the High Court.
Yesterday in the courtroom of Justice Sandil Kissoon, a probation report which was ordered was presented to the court in which Ali’s relatives noted that they are still grieving. During a plea of mitigation, Rampersaud’s attorney told the court that the man, who was the sole breadwinner for his family and took care of his grandmother, was remorseful and as a young man could also be rehabilitated.