Two Colored accused jointly get five years for manslaughter
Lusignan hairdresser murder…
Melroy Doris.
Kaieteur News – Weeks after he pleaded guilty to the lesser offense of manslaughter, Melroy Doris, the taxi driver who drove the getaway car after a 19-year-old Lusignan, East Coast Demerara (ECD) hairdresser, Ashmini Harriram, was found was shot dead yesterday. to five years in prison.
The sentence was imposed by Justice Brassington Reynolds.
Ashmini Harriram.
In considering a sentence, Justice Reynolds noted the age of the former accused, the nature and manner of committing the offense, as well as the fact that he had no previous brushes with the law.
He also thought there was no evidence that Doris was involved in planning the killing of the young girl or that he was the real shooter.
In that regard, Justice Reynolds commenced the sentence with a 12 ½ year basis. He made a seven-year deduction for the time Doris spent in pretrial custody and took another half a year for his early guilty plea. As a result, the sentence is five years in prison.
Doris, 34, was initially executed for murder, along with Lennox Wayne called Two Colors, but recently opted to plead guilty to the lesser offense earlier this month.
The charge stated that on July 10, 2014, he illegally killed Harriram, named Monisha Harriram.
According to the facts of the matter, on the day in question, Harriram was shot in the throat moments after she came by minibus along the Lusignan Railway embankment, East Coast Demerara.
The shooter emerged from a burgundy motor car, PRR 8370, parked along that road. Doris was later identified as the car’s taxi driver at the scene. During yesterday’s trial, State Counsel Tyra Bakker appeared on behalf of the Prosecution, while Doris was represented by the lawyer, Stanley Moore, SC