Murder accused walks free on time served after killing mall owner

After spending the last six and a half years on remand, Fazeel Bacchus, who confessed to the 2015 fatal shooting of 48-year-old businessman Ganesh Ramlall called “Boyo”, will be released from prison on time served.

Twenty-seven-year-old Bacchus, formerly of Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara (WCD), was arraigned before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall at the Georgetown High Court for the capital offence of murder.
However, he opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter. Attorneys-at-Law Konyo Sandiford and Narissa Leander, the prosecutors, during the trial, accepted the guilty plea to the lesser count of manslaughter, and as such, Bacchus was sentenced to six and a half years in prison.

The Judge’s starting point was set at 18 years from which deductions were made for his early guilty plea, time spent in pre-trial custody among other things.
Guyana Times understands that the killer’s sentence has been completely served by his previous time spent awaiting trial, and once the prison processes his release in a timely manner, he will be home by Tuesday.
Ganesh Ramlall, the businessman, had lost his life just after he returned home and was going to use the outside bathroom when he was confronted by four men who shot him about his body and took away his licensed firearm, jewellery, and wallet.
Upon seeing the gunmen, the businessman raised an alarm and called out to his relatives to secure the house.
Shortly after, the bandits escaped and Ramlall was rushed to the West Demerara Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Days after the fatal shooting, Police arrested Bacchus and he confessed to being the getaway driver.