“Birdman” for trial over 2015 murder of mechanic

A 12-member mixed jury was on Tuesday empanelled by Justice Brassington Reynolds for the trial of Sedley Liverpool, who is accused of the June 2015 murder of Mocha, East Bank Demerara (EBD) mechanic Terrence Lanferman.

Liverpool, called “Birdman,” has pleaded not guilty to the charge, which stated that on June 1, 2015, in the county of Demerara, he murdered 23-year-old Lanferman.
Liverpool is being represented by Attorney-at-Law Ravindra Mohabir, while Senior State Counsel Lisa Cave and State Counsel Taneisha Saygon are appearing for the prosecution. The trial commences next Monday.
The prosecution is expected to call a total of 15 witnesses, including Police ranks and a pathologist.

In May 2019, Liverpool’s cousin Kenkossie Lynch was found guilty of Lanferman’s murder, and was sentenced to 75 years in prison by Justice Navindra Singh. Reports are that there had been a feud between Liverpool and Lanferman, and according to reports, Lynch and his cousin met and conspired to attack Lanferman, after which both of them visited the mechanic’s home on a motorcycle.
It has been reported that Lynch went to Lanferman’s home armed with a gun that his cousin had given to him. While Lynch was at the home, his cousin waited on him some distance away. Lynch knocked on the door and confronted Lanferman, who had opened the door, and he shot Lanferman before making good his escape.

Lynch has since filed, at the Appeal Court, an appeal against his conviction and sentence, in which he argues that the trial Judge made several errors in law. He argues, too, that the Judge failed to adequately put his defence to the jury, and that the sentence is manifestly excessive in the circumstances of the case.
Meanwhile, at a sentencing hearing, Justice Singh had told Lynch that he murdered a man he did not know and with whom he had had no problem.
“This was a premeditated crime…you staked out and waited on the opportune time to kill this man,” the Judge had said to the convicted killer. (G1)