Dexroy Ogleton, a 42-year-old labourer of Winkel Road in New Amsterdam, was on Tuesday sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment for the death of Jermaine Elias, known as ‘Deportee’, which occurred in an altercation that took place at Main and Kent Streets in New Amsterdam on October 16, 2022.
Sentenced: Dexroy Ogleton
Ogleton had, in February 2025, pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter after being indicted for the murder of Elias in 2022, and State Prosecutor Cicelia Corbin had accepted the plea at the Berbice Criminal Assizes.
Following the plea, Justice Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus had requested that a probation report be prepared on Ogleton, and that was presented to the court by Senior Probation and Welfare Officer Maisie Sheppard on Tuesday.
Before sentence was handed down, Defence Attorney Kevin Morgan asked the court in a written submission to take into account the contents of the probation report and the fact that Ogleton had not wasted the court’s time.
However, State Prosecutor Corbin, reminding that a crime had been committed and it had resulted in a life being lost, asked the court to ensure that justice is done, and requested that the sentence imposed must act as a deterrent to other persons with similar intentions.
In handing down sentence on Tuesday, Justice Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus noted that the court had taken into account the video recording of the incident, and the fact that Ogleton was the one who had ridden up to the deceased and attacked him first.
The court also considered that after the fight had been parted, the altercation had resumed after the deceased had picked up a mop stick and the accused had drawn a knife from his bag.
Using a starting point of 18 years, Justice Isaacs-Marcus deducted one-third thereof for the guilty plea, and Ogleton was thus sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment. It has also been ordered that prison authorities deduct therefrom the time he had spent on remand.
RECAP
Dexroy Ogleton was charged for unlawfully killing Jermaine Elias of Lot 44 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam in an incident that occurred close to a Super Bet outlet at Main and Kent Streets in New Amsterdam on October 16, 2022.
Initial reports are that Ogleton and Elias had been engaged in an argument that escalated into violence, and Elias had eventually been left lying motionless on the roadway. The weapons used in the altercation were a mop stick and a grass knife.
After the altercation, Ogleton had ridden his bicycle to the Central Police Station in New Amsterdam to report what he had done.
