TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Tyrone Rowe, called “Cobra” was, on Tuesday, April 02, 2019, sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court after pleading guilty to the charge of manslaughter.

Rowe, formerly of Independence Boulevarde, La Penitence, was charged with murder but opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.

The accused admitted that on August 5, 2010, at a pharmacy in Plaisance, on the East Coast of Demerara, he shot and killed Troy Collymore, called ‘Collie’ and ‘Nelly.’ Collymore, 35, died from multiple gunshot wounds after bandits had invaded the Datt’s Drug Store at Plaisance.

The state was represented by prosecutors Abigail Gibbs, Tuanna Hardy, and Teriq Mohammed, while Rowe was represented by attorney-at-law Mark Conway.
Conway, during his plea of mitigation, told the court that Rowe, while on remand, subjected himself to anger management classes, along with various skills training courses provided.

Rowe begged the court for a ‘small sentence,’ so that he could be released in time for the carnival celebrations in May, especially since he wanted to attend a J’ouvert party.
Justice Singh sentenced Rowe to 15 years for the manslaughter charge and nine years for the robbery. The sentences will run concurrently, while the time Rowe spent on remand will be deducted by the prison service.

Rowe was previously sentenced to 78 years imprisonment by Justice Singh for the same offence; however, the accused, in 2018, appealed the sentence and convictions. The matter was sent back to the High Court for re-trial in the April 2019 Assizes.