Like his two other accomplices, Wayne Chester has also been sentenced to life in prison for the 2017 murder of Guyanese, Cayenne-based clothes vendor, Purcell Moore, who was shot dead during a robbery.
The sentence was handed down yesterday afternoon by Justice Sandil Kissoon, who ordered that Chester serve a minimum of 30 years, before being eligible for parole.
Chester, called ‘Smokey,’ who the prosecution said was the shooter, was unanimously convicted by a jury at the conclusion of his trial last week.
He had been charged along with co-accused Kelvin Persaud and Selwyn Dawson who; in the middle of the trials in June of 2021, pleaded guilty to their respective roles in the killing.
The two had been indicted for the capital charge of murder, but pleaded to the lesser offence of manslaughter which was accepted by the State and Court.
The trio had shot and killed Moore after robbing him of his gold chain on the morning of December 20th, 2017, at Old Road, Craig, East Bank Demerara.
Persaud and Dawson who were both sentenced to life in prison, have since filed appeals, arguing that the sentences were too severe.
Justice Kissoon who had presided over their matters as well, ordered that they spend 15 years in jail before being considered for parole.
