Man to serve 4 years, 9 months for killing man wit hatchet in 2007
Man to serve 4 years, 9 months for killing man wit hatchet in 2007 Friday 30 April 2021 The Court of Appeal has substituted a verdict of manslaughter for a man convicted of killing another man with a hatchet in 2007. The judges allowed his appeal and quashed Vishnu Beharry's conviction. Selivering their decision at a virtual hearing on Thursday, Justices of Appeal Alice Yorke-Soo Hon, Gillian Lucky and Malcolm Holdip said it was a fitting case to substitute the conviction of manslaughter, since the judge erred and he was deprived of the opportunity to have the jury consider the lesser charge....
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