The man who was convicted by a 12-member jury for the murder of Nellis Hope, a female security guard, has been sentenced to death.
Joseph Craig killed Hope on February 10, 1998 while she was on duty at the Guyana National Engineering Corporation (GNEC) wharf. He had been represented by attorney-at-law James Bovell-Drakes while State Counsel Jolyon Hatmin in association with Nyasha Williams and Yohhannseh Cave represented the state.