“Cobra” facing fresh trial at High Court next week

Five years after he was found guilty and was sentenced to 78 years’ imprisonment, Tyrone Rowe, called “Cobra”, is being tried at the Demerara High Court after the Court of Appeal overturned his conviction earlier this year. His trial will begin next Monday before Justice Sandil Kissoon and a 12-member jury.
The panel was selected on Thursday following Rowe entering a not-guilty plea after the State presented the murder indictment, accusing him of Troy Collymore’s August 2010 murder.
Collymore died two days after he was shot following a robbery at a pharmacy at Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
The accused is being represented by Attorney George Thomas while State Counsels Lisa Cave and Orinthia Schmidt are prosecuting the case.