Trio to spend 1 year in prison on felonious wounding conviction

Jointly charged with the offence of felonious wounding committed on Hayment Deodat, also called ‘Black Boy’, three defendants: Zameer Klass, also called ‘Boy’, a 23-year-old of La Belle Alliance; Lochan Persaud, also called ‘Arjune’, a 23-year-old of Richmond Housing Scheme; and Ron Henry, also called ‘Beckman,’ a 32-year-old of Coconut Dam in Richmond, Essequibo Coast, have been found guilty as charged, and have each been sentenced to one year’s imprisonment by Suddie Magistrate Tamieka Clarke.

Notably, at the time of the sentencing, Henry was absent from court, and the police are making attempts to have him arrested.
These defendants have been successfully prosecuted for wounding Deodat, a 21-year-old construction worker of Richmond Housing Scheme, on September 18, 2023 at Henrietta Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast.