Nearly six years after the savage murders of West Coast Berbice cousins Joel Henry and Isaiah Henry shocked the nation and plunged parts of Guyana into violent unrest, convicted killers Anil “Dan Pole” Sancharra and Vinod “Magga” Gopaul were on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment by the Berbice High Court.

Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall imposed the life sentences after both men were found guilty by a 12-member jury in June 2026 of the September 2020 killings. Under the court’s ruling, neither man will be eligible for parole until serving at least 35 years behind bars.

The sentencing brings a measure of legal closure to one of the most horrific and emotionally charged murder cases in Guyana’s recent history.