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THIRTY-EIGHT inmates of the New Amsterdam Prison are requesting early trials at the Berbice Assizes. Of that number, 28 are indicted for murder, the youngest being Ashton Lambert, according to the Jail Delivery made to Justice James Bovell-Drakes by Prison Officer Lorraine Braithwaite, at the close of the June criminal sessions.
Lambert, is accused of killing Bharrat Thatpaul called Sunil, a taxi driver of Shieldstown, Corentyne, on February 21, 2011.
Meanwhile, the documentation, signed by the Officer-
In-charge of the penitentiary Kevin Pilgrim, revealed that the remainder of the 38 seeking early trial dates, including the lone female, Debra Roberts, 42, are charged with unlawful and malicious wounding.
The list indicated that murder accused Herman Ally, alias ‘Shark Eye’, 58, is the longest remanded prisoner, having been incarcerated since 2006.
However, he had faced a trial last March but the jurors were unable to arrive at a verdict and he has to be tried again.
In the meantime, five more persons have been committed on indictments for sexual penetration and one each for robbery under arms, malicious wounding and carnal knowledge.
Lambert, is accused of killing Bharrat Thatpaul called Sunil, a taxi driver of Shieldstown, Corentyne, on February 21, 2011.
Meanwhile, the documentation, signed by the Officer-
In-charge of the penitentiary Kevin Pilgrim, revealed that the remainder of the 38 seeking early trial dates, including the lone female, Debra Roberts, 42, are charged with unlawful and malicious wounding.
The list indicated that murder accused Herman Ally, alias ‘Shark Eye’, 58, is the longest remanded prisoner, having been incarcerated since 2006.
However, he had faced a trial last March but the jurors were unable to arrive at a verdict and he has to be tried again.
In the meantime, five more persons have been committed on indictments for sexual penetration and one each for robbery under arms, malicious wounding and carnal knowledge.
