Rawle Bernard, who is accused of murdering a man at a barbecue on the West Coast of Berbice in 2017, was yesterday found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter, for which he was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Bernard, also known as Charles Telford and ‘Red Man,’ of Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara, was on trial before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall at the High Court in Berbice for the murder of Sylvan Lennox Stoll, also known as ‘Bow Foot,’ of Plot ‘B’ Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, between August 13th and August 14th, 2017.
Stoll was fatally stabbed at the Number 42 Village Community Centre Ground.
State counsel Tuanna Hardy had told the jury that the murder occurred after a group of persons travelled to Berbice to ‘sport’. Bernard, she said, was “misbehaving” when the fatal encounter occurred.
However, yesterday after the jury returned with a unanimous verdict of guilty to manslaughter, Justice Ramlall sentenced the accused, who was represented by attorney Chandra Sohan, to 11 years imprisonment.
The accused was extremely vocal throughout his trial.
