The hearing of the appeal filed by Hansel Lewis, who slashed the throat of Chris Burrowes during the early hours of New Year’s Day 2013, is set to commence this morning before the Guyana Court of Appeal.
Lewis is currently serving a 13-year prison sentence after a jury convicted him back in 2016 for attempting to murder Burrowes.
Among other things, Justice Brassington Reynolds who had presided over the trial had told Lewis at the time of his sentencing that his use of prohibited substances and subsequent resort to the use of an offensive weapon after he became aggravated, were cause for concern.
