A MIXED 12-member jury on Wednesday found Kenkassie Lynch guilty of killing Nelson Street, Mocha-Arcadia, East Bank Demerara resident, Terrence Lanferman.
Justice Navindra Singh presided over the trial at the High Court.

The indictment read that on June 1, 2015, at Nelson Street, Mocha-Arcadia, EBD, Lynch murdered 23- year-old Terrence Lanferman.

Lynch, 24, and formerly of Eccles, East Bank Demerara, was represented by attorney-at-law Adrian Thompson, while the state was represented by prosecutors Abigail Gibbs, Tuanna Hardy and Teriq Mohammed; 15 witnesses testified during the trial.

The jury, after deliberating for almost two hours, returned a unanimous guilty verdict. Attorney Thompson then requested a probation report for Lynch; Justice Singh therefore deferred sentencing to May 30,2019, when the report is expected to be presented.

According to reports, Lynch also implicated a cousin of his, Sedley Liverpool, called ‘Birdman.’ Liverpool was later charged for Lanferman’s murder and is currently awaiting trial at the High Court.

The Guyana Chronicle understands that the shooting stemmed from a feud between ‘Birdman’ and Lanferman, but Lynch reportedly admitted that he alone carried out the shooting.

On the day in question, Lynch allegedly returned to Mocha and met his cousin, Liverpool. Lynch then proceeded to Nelson Street in the same community, to conduct surveillance on Lanferman’s house, after which he returned to ‘Birdman’s’ residence around 19:00hrs; Liverpool then allegedly gave Lynch a handgun. The two later returned to Nelson Street on a ‘CG’ motorcycle; while Liverpool waited in a nearby street, Lynch reportedly went to Lanferman’s residence and knocked on the front door. Lanferman opened his door and was confronted by the gunman.