AFTER being sentenced to 66 years’ imprisonment for murder, Mark Assing, called ‘Jessie,’ is challenging the conviction and sentence at the Court of Appeal. Hearing of the appeal is expected to commence on November 20,2019.

In 2014, Assing, 48, was sentenced by Justice Navindra Singh at the Demerara High Court, after he was found guilty by a 12-member jury. Assing was jailed for a minimum of 60 years for the murder, with the possibility of parole after serving 30 years.

Assing was found guilty for murdering Abiola Eadie, called ‘Abbie,’ on June 20, 2012 at Mc Doom, East Bank Demerara, after a heated argument.

During that argument, the accused Assing had pulled out a gun and had pointed it at one Martin, son of the deceased Abiola Eadie. Eadie was reportedly standing in front of her son Martin when the accused allegedly fired the fatal shot that hit her in the mouth.

The woman succumbed to her injuries at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), 12 days after the incident.