Finding that the life sentence imposed against him for the offence of felonious wounding to be too severe, the Court of Appeal has set that aside, substituting it with a sentence of nine years against Andy Boodram.
Back in 2018, Justice Navindra Singh had sentenced Boodram to life in prison, for severely wounding his neighbour Deonarine Persaud, who had asked him to turn down the volume of the music he was playing.
Boodram had been indicted for attempted murder for which a jury found him not guilty; but convicted him on the alternative count of felonious wounding. The panel found that he was guilty of wounding Persaud on September 24th, 2011, with intent to maim, disfigure, disable or cause him serious bodily harm.
