Sentenced to 70 years in jail for murder, Lloyd Rampersaud has challenged both his conviction and the sentence, with his lawyer saying that the trial judge failed to direct the jury on how to deal with glaring “discrepancies” in the evidence presented.
Through his attorney George Thomas, Rampersaud is contending, among other things, that there exists no evidence to suggest that he killed, or inflicted upon the deceased, Munilall Mangru, called ‘Boy,’ the injuries which caused his death.
Rampersaud had been jointly charged with the capital offence along with his brother Roy Rampersaud. At the conclusion of their trial on March 8th, 2013, however, the jury found only Lloyd guilty, while unanimously acquitting his brother.
