Twenty-four-year-old Ryan Alberts, otherwise known as ‘Murray’, will be sentenced on January 18 for the 2016 unlawful killing of a 19-year-old gold miner formerly of Yarakita, North West District.
Confessed killer: Ryan Alberts
Alberts pleaded guilty to killing Dalton Emmanuel on March 29, 2016 in the county of Essequibo. He also accepted that on the same day, he unlawfully assaulted Mark Edwards so as to cause him actual bodily harm.
Alberts was arraigned before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow. State Counsel Latifah Elliot is appearing for the prosecution while defence lawyer Ravindra Mohabir is representing the confessed killer.
The Police have said that Emanuel was involved in an argument with another man at Yarakita, during which he was stabbed to his abdomen with a pair of scissors. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. (G1)
