Ex-policeman Prince Reid has been handed a life sentence with the possibility of parole, only after serving 23 years, for the killing of two men into whom he had driven his minibus during a gaming fracas at Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Demerara, back in 2017.
Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall, who imposed the sentence, said that though the offender claimed his actions were not wilful, the evidence clearly told a different story—that it was not an accident—given the verdict of the jury.
In early February, a jury found Reid, 61, guilty of murdering cricketer Amit Jairam called ‘Rocky’ and Randy Richard Melville. His sentencing had been deferred for the presentation of probation and other social impact reports.