After deliberating for almost two hours, the mixed jury in the Berbice Assizes returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty in favour of Rooplall Abrahim, called Vijay, who was on trial for the murder of a 13-year-old girl three years ago when he was just sixteen-years-old.
The youth showed signs of relief as he glanced backwards to his relatives who were seated in the courtroom and had attended the hearings regularly.
Discharging him, Justice Dawn Gregory-Barnes said: “You have heard the verdict. I don’t know if you have anything to say but you are free to go.”
But before exiting the courtroom
