KEMO Tyron Evans was on Tuesday sentenced to 29 years imprisonment for the murder of businessman, Abdul Farouk Ghanie.

Ghanie’s lifeless body was found lying in a pool of blood in the backyard of his Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home, in April 2015.

Evans, 23, of Water Street, Bagotstown, EBD, was sentenced by Justice Sandil Kissoon at the Demerara High Court after he was found guilty of the gruesome crime by a 12-member jury.

The charge read that Evans between April 15 and 16, 2015, at Collingswood Avenue, Nandy Park, murdered Ghanie, aka ‘Brother,’ during the course of a robbery.

He was represented by attorney-at-law Dexter Todd, while the state was represented by prosecutor Tuanna Hardy, Tiffani Lyken and Nafeeza Baig.

On February 03, 2020, Floyd Anthony Rammit of Kaneville, another EBD village, appeared before Justice Kissoon but opted to plead guilty to the crime. He was sentenced to 30 years behind bars.

The state’s case was that Rammit used to live with Ghanie and was employed as a handyman. Rammit and his accomplice Kemo Tyron Evans devised a plan to rob the businessman.

It is alleged that, on April 15, 2015, Ghanie was ambushed by the two men who stabbed him (Ghanie) to his chest with a knife. The two men were seen running away from the home by two eyewitnesses.

On April 15, 2015, neighbours found Ghanie’s body lying in a pool of blood. He died from a stab wound to his heart.

Four months after Ghanie’s death, Rammit was arrested by the police at a location in the interior.

After the unanimous guilty verdict, Evans’ attorney made a plea of mitigation and asked the court to consider that his client was just 17 years old at the time of the alleged incident.

He also told the court that his client previously had a clean record and can be rehabilitated.
Prosecutor Hardy asked the court to place weight on the fact that such crimes have become prevalent in today’s society, where persons cannot be safe in their own homes.
In court, Ghanie’s daughter gave a statement wherein she explained that her father’s death had impacted her family.

“I feel relieved because it’s only one less criminal off the road,” the woman said as she looked at Evans

Justice Kissoon, after considering the nature and gravity of the crime, imposed the sentence.