Bibi Sharima-Gopaul, who had been found guilty of murdering her daughter Neesa Gopaul, 16, in 2010 has been released from jail and the Guyana Prison Service is expected to issue a release on the matter “shortly”.
Sharima-Gopaul had been detained in 2010 for the murder and had originally been sentenced in the High Court to 106 years in the prison. The Guyana Court of Appeal later reduced this figure to 45 years and in August last year, the Caribbean Court of Justice further cut this sentence to 25 years.
News circulated on Wednesday evening of her release though it was unclear how this could have been possible since she was supposed to serve 25 years for the gruesome crime.