Rosignol man gets 30-year jail time for killing father of 1

Forty-year-old Kareem Charles of Bennet Dam in Rosignol, West Coast Berbice has been sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment for the murder of 24-year-old Arshad Ally, whom he hit in the head with a metal pipe on March 1, 2019 at Rosignol, WCB.

And Justice Jo-Ann Barlow, on Tuesday in the High Court in Berbice, ordered that the convicted Charles must serve 21 of those years before becoming eligible for parole.
Earlier this month, Charles had entered a guilty plea to a charge of murder when he was arraigned before this Judge at the Berbice High Court.
In order to support this killer’s rehabilitation and smooth transition back into society, Justice Barlow has mandated that he takes part in anger management and skills-building programmes while incarcerated.
The Prison Service has also been instructed to deduct from the 30-year prison sentence the time that Charles has spent in pre-trial custody.
Charles was represented by defence attorney Kevin Morgan, while the prosecution’s case was presented by State Counsel Muntaz Ali.

Recap of the case
On March 1, 2019, Arshad Ally of Bennet Dam, Rosignol, West Coast Berbice was hit in his head with a metal pipe by Kareem Charles in an alleged act of revenge.
Ally, a Blairmont Sugar Estate labourer, was on his way to see his newborn baby at the New Amsterdam Hospital when the incident occurred at Rosignol. He died from shock and haemorrhage due to blunt trauma to the head. (G1)