ANDY Boodram was on Thursday afternoon sentenced to life in prison after a 12-member jury found him guilty of the felonious wounding of his neighbour back in 2011 at Grove, East Bank Demerara.

The sentence was imposed by Justice Navindra Singh in the Georgetown High Court after several hours of deliberation by the jury.
The 32-year-old man was indicted for felonious wounding on September 4, 2011 in the County of Demerara. He wounded Deonarine Prasad or Persaud called “Anil” with intent to murder him.

The jury found him not guilty on the first count – attempted murder.
It is alleged that on the day in question, the victim went over to the home of the accused who lives next-door at about 20:00 hrs to ask him to turn down the loud music he was playing, since it was affecting his new-born baby.
There, a fight broke out between the men after which Boodram armed himself with a cutlass and inflicted three chop wounds to the head of the victim.
The victim was rushed to the hospital where he underwent several surgeries for the wounds he received.

The accused was represented by defence attorney, George Thomas, while the State prosecutors were Tiffini Lyken, Abigail Gibbs and Shawnette Austin.
In his plea of mitigation, Thomas asked the court for a lenient sentence. The accused failed to show any remorse when he was asked if he had anything to say, stating that he never chopped the victim.

In response, State Prosecutor Tiffini Lyken asked that the judge consider the fact that the victim had to undergo several surgeries and that a cutlass was used in the commission of the act. Lyken asked the Judge to impose the maximum sentence for the offence.
It was then Justice Singh handed down the life sentence.