Duo get life sentence for murdering security officer
Weeks after Alvin Kissoon and Calvin King were found guilty by a jury for the 2013 murder of John Friday during the commissioning of a robbery at the Lethem Post Office, the duo were given life sentences by Justice Sandil Kissoon on Thursday.
The two men will have to serve a minimum of 32 years before becoming eligible for parole. However, although being found guilty for the murder, King maintained his innocence and asked the court to be lenient since he has a family to help.
The State was represented by Abigail Gibbs and Mandel Moore, who both proved that Kissoon and King left Georgetown for Lethem where they carried out a robbery on the Lethem Post Office on January 18, 2013.
Alvin Kissoon and Calvin King at the High Court
It was reported that the men entered the post office and bounded the two security officers after beating them. Friday would have died on the spot as a result of the beating he received.
The armed men then broke into the safe and carted off with a huge sum of cash. Another guard on duty reportedly raised an alarm and the Police were summoned.
However, Police at the Mabura checkpoint stopped and searched a motor car during which over $4M was found hidden under the rear seat. They also found other articles linked to the robbery.
The two men had pleaded not guilty when the case was called at the Magistrate’s Court. During the Preliminary Injury (PI), the prosecutor provided sufficient evidence for the matter to be called at the High Court.
The two men were represented by Attorneys Adrian Thompson and Lyndon Amsterdam.
