Murder accused freed in retrial four years after conviction

2008 murder accused, Naresh Ramjohn, yesterday walked out of the High Court in Berbice a free man, after Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry upheld a no-case submission at the end of a lengthy retrial.

In 2014, Ramjohn was found guilty of murdering Anthony Samaroo, 28, of Levi Dam, An-goy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, on July 2, 2008, at Levi Dam.

Ramjohn, who was sentenced to 55 and a half years imprisonment, had appealed his conviction and the Appeal Court ordered a retrial of the matter.