THERE were loud cheers by relatives on Wednesday in the Demerara High Court, when a 12-member jury returned to the courtroom with unanimous not-guilty verdicts for both accused in the 2007 Kumar “Mango Man” Singh murder.

The 12-member jury, after weeks of trial, deliberated for several hours before arriving at the not- guilty verdicts for Sherwin Nero called “Catty” and Mark Royden Williams called Mark Durant and “Smallie”.

After the foreman presented the verdict before Justice James Bovell-Drakes, he told Sherwin Nero he was found not guilty, but he was not free since he had other matters before the court. Also, Mark Royden Williams who is on death row for the Bartica Massacre had other matters before the court; as such, both Nero and Williams were returned to jail.
According to the state’s case it is alleged that, on August 30, 2007, the two accused, Sherwin Nero called “Catty” and Mark Royden Williams called “Mark Durant” and “Smallie” murdered Kumar Singh called ‘Mango Man’.

According to the indictment, the two men were among four gunmen who, back in 2007, invaded Kumar Singh’s Cove and John, East Coast Demerara, home during which Singh was shot and killed.

Both accused were represented by attorney Nigel Hughes, while the state’s case was presented by Tameika Clarke and Tiffini Lyken.