Ex-police sergeant acquitted of killing dredge owner

Shawn Sandy

Former police sergeant Shawn Sandy, was on Tuesday acquitted of the 2016 unlawful killing of his employer—dredge owner Feroze Khan—after the judge conducting his trial upheld a no-case submission.

Sandy was arraigned on a charge of manslaughter, for what the police had said was an accidental shooting.

The indictment alleged that on March 24th, 2016 he unlawfully killed Khan at Buoy Hole, Mazaruni.