The four Mazaruni prisoners broke their way out to freedom
Escape, Kenrick Lyte.
Having escaped, Imram Ramsaywack.
Kaieteur News – A manhunt has been launched to find four high-profile convicts who escaped yesterday morning from Mazaruni Prison, District Seven, by breaking the bars of their cell.
The escaped prisoners have been identified as Imram Ramsaywack, 25, of 7 Adelphi Village, East Coast Demerara; Kenrick Lyte, 44, of Grant Good Intent, Lower Pomeroon River; Samuel Gouveia, 36, of 13 Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara; and Rayon Jones, 28, 121 Timehri, Demerara East Bank.
Having escaped, Rayon Jones.
Abandoned, Samuel Gouveia.
According to a statement from the Guyana Prison Service (GPS), at about 07:15 o’clock, during the unlocking of the Brick Prison (Solitary Division), the ranks on duty discovered that the padlock was interfered with access gate. Further checks were carried out and revealed that two bars in the cell had been broken.
The matter was then reported to Mazaruni Prison in Charge, Senior Superintendent (s) Kofi David. David then ordered a roll call and when finished, the four convicted prisoners were not accounted for at Brick Prison.
The statement stated that the Emergency Action Plan in relation to the escape of prisoners had been activated and Director of Prisons (ag) Nicklon Elliott was informed of the incident and in turn informed Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn and Head of Joint Services.
As a result of the incident, a Joint Patrol was launched to the outer perimeter of the prison and ranks have been conducting water, air and land patrols to recapture the four convicts.
Although Guyana has not carried out any executions since 1997, two of those who escaped were sentenced to death. Those two escapees are Ramsaywack and Lyte, while Gouveia and Jones pleaded to the lesser count and were jailed for manslaughter.
RAMSAYWACK
Ramsaywack was sentenced to death on Dec. 18, 2019, after being convicted of the March 2015 murder of US citizen and boutique owner Samantha Benjamin.
Benjamin was reported killed in a house in Middle Walk, Buxton, on March 25, 2015, and her body was dismantled and subsequently released into the Atlantic Ocean, along the same village.
The following morning he found his torso covered with a blue bra and pink skirt, the head, arms and legs removed. It was reported, on examination of the body, that there were broken wounds on the abdomen. Police later recovered her lost head and legs from the ocean.
LYTE
On March 28, 2019, Lyte was sentenced to death after being convicted of the murder of a 72-year-old man, Osmond Fiedtkou. Kaieteur News had reported that the incident occurred in Groete Creek, Essequibo River, between July 9 and 13, 2014.
It was reported that Lyte owed Fiedtkou money and did not repay the same. On July 9, 2014, the men were alone in a boat, when a dispute arose over the money owed.
The controversy resulted in Lyte shooting Fiedtkou to the chest with a gun, which was in the boat. He then threw the gun and sank the boat in an attempt to cover up his crime.
GOUVEIA
Gouveia was admitted to Mazaruni Prison on March 11, 2020, after being jailed for killing the 2015 gold miner, Santee Solomon.
It was reported that on November 23, 2015, at Puruni Landing, near the Cuyuni River, Solomon was assaulted and stabbed several times for his body. Gouveia was first charged with the capitol offense of murder but later pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter.
JONES
In 2018, Jones was sentenced to a total of 28 years in prison, after pleading guilty to a manslaughter charge.
Jones was initially charged with murdering a 24-year-old mechanic, Purand Baljit, who was killed on June 9, 2016, during a robbery at his Madewini home, Timehri. On the night of June 9, 2016, Jones broke into Baljit’s dwellinghouse, through a window, which was left open. He stole items, and awakened Baljit who was asleep by the movement in his house and confronted Jones, who stabbed him 10 times with a knife.
In the release, the GPS stated that aiding and abetting escape was a crime and anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of the four escapees is asked to contact police on phone numbers 455-2238, 455-2222, 455- 2241, 226-4585, 225-2700, 225-3650, 226-1326, 911 or the nearest police station. All information will be treated in the strictest confidence.