Court of Appeal to rule in case of man convicted in wedding house murder

Rajesh Guyadeen

Tomorrow, the Guyana Court of Appeal will deliver its ruling on whether it will reduce a 70-year sentence imposed on Rajesh Guyadeen, who had been convicted of the 2003 murder of Nandram Manohar, or whether it will altogether set aside the conviction/and or order a new trial.

Guyadeen called ‘Bricksman’ had been convicted by a jury back in 2018 for fatally stabbing Manohar after an altercation at a wedding house at Unity, East Coast Demerara, on the night of May 4th, 2003.

Justice Navindra Singh who presided over the trial, had sentenced Guyadeen to 70 years behind bars.