The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld the conviction of three former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guards for the 2009 murder of Bartica gold miner, Dwieve Kant Ramdass but set aside the death sentences imposed upon them.
Instead, it imposed life sentences and ordered that deductions be made therefrom for the time the appellants: Sherwyn Harte, Devon Gordon and Deon Greenidge spent in pre-trial custody.
Harte, the most senior of the trio, will be eligible for parole after serving 25 years. Greenidge and Gordon, on the other hand, will be eligible after 18 years.
