TIMOTHY Sampson, who was found with a duffel bag containing a cache of guns, including an Israeli made Uzi semi- automatic weapon, at Adelphi, East Canje, in May 2010, was freed of a murder charge last Wednesday.
It happened when Magistrate Fabio Azore upheld a submission by Defence Counsel Mursulene Bacchus, at Whim Court, Corentyne, also in Berbice and ruled that a prima facie case had not been made out against the accused.
However, despite that ruling, Sampson is currently serving a  two-year prison term, imposed on him last year, for being in possession of one .32 semi-automatic pistol and a live matching round without being the holder of the relevant licences.
In addition, the prisoner faces several charges for having two AK-47 assault rifles, one Uzi submachine gun and one double-barrel shotgun and ammunition, also without licences.
Those charges followed his arrest on May 21, 2010, when it is alleged that Police Constables Darrel Ramsey and Gladwin were bitten in an escape attempt.
Sampson had been accused of having unlawfully killed forty-seven-year-old security guard Arjune Gobin known as ‘Buddy’, of Bloomfield, Corentyne, during a robbery attack at the home of businessman Surendra Ganesh and his wife, Basanti, at Wellington Park, Corentyne.
Police had said the victim was accompanying Rajendra Persaud, the Chief Executive Officer of Nand Persaud Group of Companies, to the scene after the boss was informed that his sister’s house was being attacked by bandits. But, on arrival, they were greeted by rapid gunfire and Gobin suffered gunshot injuries to his head from which he succumbed shortly afterwards.