PHILLIP “Shoelace” Paul was sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of the murder of an Annandale shop owner

A bewildered Phillip “Shoelace” Paul was on Monday afternoon sentenced by Justice Sandil Kissoon in the Demerara High Court for the 2012 murder of Annandale shop owner.
On November 19, 2018 a mixed 12-member jury found him guilty of the murder of Kamal Ramsahoye.

The judge ordered that he must serve 30 years in jail before becoming eligible for parole, however, Justice Kissoon deducted six years for time spent on remand.
Paul did not show any remorse on Monday at his sentencing but he seemed anxious. His probation report was read and admitted on Monday afternoon before he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
After the sentence was handed down, relatives of the deceased told reporters that they are pleased with the court’s decision since they continue to cope with the loss of their loved one.

The prosecution’s case, which was led by Lisa Cave and Orinthia Schmidt, was that, under caution, Paul told Police that he saw his friend “Tall Man” on the “Line Top” (Railway Embankment) and invited him to go to a house in Annandale.
During his trial, it was revealed that Phillip “Shoe Lace” Paul was paid some $60,000 by an accomplice “Tall Man” for the December 2012 murder of Annandale businessman Kamal Ramsahoye. Only Paul was on trial for the man’s murder.

According to the indictment, Phillip Paul murdered Kamal Ramsahoye called “Vickie” in the course or furtherance of a robbery in the county of Demerara between December 8 and 9, 2012.
The North Annandale, East Coast Demerara man was found dead in his residence in which housed a grocery shop.

A post-mortem revealed that he had been stabbed 14 times and that he died from shock and hemorrhaging.
The state was represented by Prosecutors Lisa Cave and Orinthia Schmidt while, the defence attorney was Brandon De Santos.