MASTERMIND Stafrei Alexander was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment, while his co-accused Owen Belfield was sentenced to 14 years for their roles in the 2015 murder of Linden businessman Richard Remington.

Justice Brassington Reynolds handed down the sentences at the Demerara High Court.

Justice Reynold sentenced Alexander to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 25 years. Meanwhile, Belfield was sentenced to 14 years from which the prison is to deduct the time he has already spent in pretrial custody.

In April, Alexander and Belfield were found guilty by a jury of the capital offence of murder.

The men had pleaded not guilty to the joint indictment, which stated that they murdered 44-year-old Remington between February 8 and 12, 2015, in the county of Demerara.

Following deliberations on April 1, a 12-member mixed jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts for both men.

On February 12,2015, Remington’s decomposed body was found in a clump of bushes along a track in the vicinity of Matthews Lane in the Christiansburg/Cholmondeley Hill area. He had been shot three times, including once to the head.

Alexander, who was among the high-profile prisoners who broke out of the Camp Street Prison in 2017, is currently serving a life sentence for the attempted murder of Curtis Thom.