Alvin Kissoon and Calvin King were both sentenced to serve life imprisonment with a minimum of 32 years to be served before being eligible for parole.

Last month, the two men were found guilty by a jury of the January, 2013 murder of John Friday who was killed during a robbery at the Lethem Post Office. The men returned to court this morning for sentencing.

Having considered the nature and gravity of the offence, and the prevalence of robberies in society, Justice Sandil Kissoon imposed the custodial sentences on the men.

And even though he was found guilty, King, during his address to the court maintained that he is innocent while asking the court to consider that he has a family to help.

State Prosecutors Abigail Gibbs and Mandel Moore said that Kissoon and King left Georgetown for Lethem where they carried out a robbery on the Lethem Post Office which is housed in the same building as the Regional Democratic Council.

Based on previous reports, the men entered the post office and tied up its two defenseless security guards after beating them.

They then broke into safes using a cutting torch. Based on reports, police later discovered the body of Friday, formerly of Culvert City, Lethem, while the other watchman was severely injured. Friday was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.

Following the robbery, all police divisions were notified, and later that day, police ranks at the Mabura checkpoint stopped and searched a motor car during which over $4M was found hidden under the rear seat. They also found other articles linked to the crime.

Kissoon and King had initially pleaded not guilty to the charge which alleged that between January 18 and 19, 2013, in the county of Essequibo, they murdered Friday, during the course of a robbery.

During their trial, Kissoon and King were represented by lawyers Adrian Thompson and Lyndon Amsterdam, respectively.

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