Killer gets 40 years for tug boat murder

Khemraj Dass

Gilbert Gill, who admitted to murdering another man after a row aboard a tug boat in the Demerara River, was yesterday sentenced to 40 years in prison.

On April 15th, Gill had pleaded guilty to murdering Khemraj Dass, called ‘Lakeram Dass or Lako,’ between July 7 and 10, 2012 in the county of Demerara.

He had accepted the charge before the empanelment of a jury to hear his case and Justice Roxane George had