The five men who pleaded guilty to the murder of four fishermen in May 2016 during a horrific pirate attack on the Corentyne River were yesterday sentenced to death at the High Court in Berbice.
Ramchan Latchman of Number 65 Village, Ganesh Naidoo of Number 79 Village, Ramesh Singh of Liverpool Village, Stephon Leacock, of Lot 366 Number 77 Village and Leon Sammy of Lot 1 Number 75 Village, Corentyne, were charged with four counts of murder during the course of piracy. The death penalty is not being enforced here.
In 2016, the men who are all fishers, were charged with murdering Hemchand Sookdeo of Number 55 Village during the course of piracy on May 28, 2016.