Murder convict appeals 75-year jail term

A former Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) resident, Kenkossie Lynch is appealing his conviction and 75-year jail sentence for murder. In May 2019, the 26-year-old man was found guilty by a 12-member jury of the June 1, 2015 murder of Nelson Street, Mocha Arcadia, EBD mechanic Terrence Lanferman.
In his notice of appeal filed with the Guyana Court of Appeal, the murder convict contended that trial Judge Navindra Singh erred in law when he admitted a caution statement Police detectives claim he had given them. He further contended that the trial Judge failed to adequately put his defence to the jury.
The court is yet to fix a date to hear this matter.
Reports indicate that Lanferman, 23, and Lynch’s cousin, Sedley Liverpool, had a previous dispute. The court heard that on June 1, 2015, Lynch and his cousin met and conspired to attack Lanferman, after which both of them visited the now-deceased man’s home on a motorcycle.
It was revealed 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 shot him before making good his escape.
Justice Singh, in his sentencing remarks, told lynch that it was quite unfortunate that he murdered a man he did not know and with whom he had no problem. “This was a premeditated crime…you staked out and waited on the opportune time to kill this man,” the Judge said to the convicted killer.
Liverpool was later incriminated by his cousin. In 2018, Liverpool was committed to stand trial at the Demerara High Court for Lanferman’s murder after a Magistrate ruled that a prima facie case was made out against them at the end of a Preliminary Inquiry (PI). (G1)