Murder accused pleads guilty to manslaughter

Mar 08, 2016 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News

Roy Lewis, 40, of Glasgow Housing Scheme who is on trial for the murder of Devon Da Silva, 18, called Devon

Roy Lewis

Lewis, on Thursday December 27, 2012 at Sisters Village, East Bank Berbice, has pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter which was accepted by the State.
The man appeared before Justice Franklyn Holder on Monday in the Berbice High Court. Da Silva of Lot 54 Sisters Village, was stabbed to death while in bed with his girlfriend, at her parents’ home by the jealous man who became obsessed with the youth for rejecting him.
Lewis will be sentenced on March 22, following a probation report which was requested by State appointed Attorney at Law Sasha Roberts of the Legal Aid Berbice Branch.
The State’s case is being presented by Attorney at Law Natasha Backer.
According to information, Da Silva was about 14 years when the accused first forced him into an intimate relationship. The man seduced, forced, threatened and showered the lad with lavish gifts. Lewis and Da Silva once lived at the same residence.
The man had also on a number of occasions threatened to kill the youth after he stopped accepting gifts. The man who was a seaman reportedly stopped working at sea and sought employment at the same entity with Devon who was working at the time at the Cement Plant at Everton.
Devon had also sought employment in the interior and was away for a considerable length of time. He had travelled home a few days earlier to be with relatives and his girlfriend for the Christmas season when the man began stalking him again.
The matter was reported to the welfare department and the police. Lewis was charged with using threatening language. He had reportedly attacked the teen and injured him during that encounter. It was not long after Devon was murdered.