– for 2008 killing of soldier during confrontation with ‘gunmen’ in Buxton

SHERWIN Nero, called ‘Catty’, was, on Thursday, freed after confessing to the killing of a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) solider in 2008.
Nero, formerly of Dennis Street, Sophia, appeared before Justice Navindra Singh at the Demerara High Court for the capital offence of murder, but opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.

He admitted that on January 23, 2008 at Buxton, East Coast Demerara, he unlawfully killed Ivor Williams.
He was represented by Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes, while the State’s case was presented by Prosecutor Tuanna Hardy.
In the end, Justice Singh sentenced Nero to time served, after he considered his plea and the time he had spent on remand.
Back in 2008, the Guyana Chronicle had reported that on January 23 of the same year, Williams was shot while in the line of duty during an armed confrontation between members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and gunmen.

Initially, Nero was jointly charged with Mark Royden Williams, called “Mark Durant”, for the offence.
Williams, who is currently on death row for the Bartica Massacre, is awaiting a date for his hearing in the matter, since Nero has opted to plead to the charge.
Last year, both Nero and Williams were freed of the 2007 Kumar “Mango Man” Singh murder, after a 12-member jury found them not guilty of committing the crime.