The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday varied the death sentence imposed upon Janaite Lall for the 2007 murder of his brother, Daveanand Sookdeo, imposing instead a 20-year prison term, with remission of some 10 years for time served.
Presenting the basis of his client’s appeal, attorney Mark Conway argued that the trial judge erred in law when he misdirected the jury that intoxication/ drunkenness did not arise in the case.
Conway strongly contended that these issues should have been put to the jury.
