Life imprisonment for man who killed Essequibo newspaper vendor

Norlando Browne

By Femi Harris-Smith

In a moving tribute to the man she called her hero, Vidya Mannilall said that the day her father was shot and killed “my life changed forever…my world was turned upside down.”

The young woman was at the time presenting her impact statement at the sentencing hearing of her father’s killer—Norlando Browne—who Justice Sandil Kissoon imprisoned for life, ordering that he is not to be eligible for parole before spending at least 30 years behind bars.