Labourer freed of murder of Cane Grove farmer

Harrynarine Ramnawaj

Ramesh Persaud, the labourer who had been accused of the 2017 killing of Cane Grove, Mahaica farmer Harrynarine Ramnawaj, has been acquitted of the offence.

Following deliberations on Thursday, a jury found Persaud not guilty of the manslaughter charge which had been levelled against him.

The trial had been heard at the High Court in Demerara, before Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.