Brothers freed after murder charge against them discharged

Rondell Layne and Mario Moses, the brothers charged with the murder of Ricky Oswald Ambrose, a 40-year-old mining surveyor and ranger from South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, were acquitted on Wednesday after the murder charge against them was discharged.
Following the conclusion of the prosecution’s case at the Preliminary Inquiry (PI), Magistrate Christel Lambert ruled that insufficient evidence was provided to support the charge against the siblings.
The siblings’ purported caution statements to the Police detectives, according to Magistrate Lambert, were not given voluntarily and freely.

In light of her findings, Magistrate Lambert decided that the caution statements were not acceptable and as such ruled that there was no evidence of an eyewitness or a murder weapon to implicate the brothers.
Without these specific pieces of evidence, the prosecution lacked any other proof to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. The Magistrate thereupon discharged the charge of murder against Layne and Moses and commanded their immediate release from jail.

The brothers from Good Intent, West Bank Demerara (WBD), were represented by Attorney-at-Law Yuborn Allicock. They were first charged with the man’s murder in December of last year.
At the time of his death, Ambrose was employed as a ranger with Alphonso Mining in the Cuyuni River in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). Based on the given details, Ambrose drove his ATV, CK 3965, from Arimu Landing to “Guana” Sand Landing on December 18, 2022, at about 5:00h.
A 24-year-old miner discovered him dead at around 11:00h that day as he was making his way from his work site to their campground. The individual stated that he saw the motionless body of a man on the ground while walking along the Arimu trail.
An alarm was raised and the Bartica Police Station was contacted. Ambrose’s registered firearm, a.32 pistol, was missing, along with a quantity of cash and raw gold.