On Tuesday, Leroy Williams was sentenced to 15 years in prison after admitting that he was part of a group that beat and killed a 17-year-old miner at Konawaruk Backdam, Potaro, back in 2014.
Williams had initially been arraigned for murder but copped to the lesser offence of manslaughter, accepting that he and others had fatally beaten Azad Potter in the Essequibo Backdam on October 21, 2014.
The sentence was imposed by Justice Navindra Singh, who ordered that the prison service deduct the time Williams has spent on remand awaiting trial and also that he be considered for parole after serving three years.