SELF-CONFESSED murder convict, Shivanand Roopnarine, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, is moving to the Court of Appeal to challenge the severity of his sentence.

Roopnarine, 26, of School Street, Grove, East Bank Demerara, was sentenced by Justice Sandil Kissoon at the Demerara High Court, in January 2020.

He had opted to plead guilty and confessed that, on April 19, 2015, he murdered his 19-year-old girlfriend, Allisa McPherson, at Sophia, Greater Georgetown.
Justice Kissoon sentenced Roopnarine to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after serving 20 years.
According to reports, on April 18, 2015, McPherson left her home and went to a party in Sophia with a male friend.

While at the party McPherson was confronted by Roopnarine who accused her of infidelity.
McPherson denied the accusation, subsequent to which Roopnarine took her to the back of the yard, drew a black object from the waist of his pants and stabbed her.

McPherson was discovered in the toilet area with stab wounds and she was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, where she was pronounced dead upon arrival.

A post-mortem report revealed that McPherson was stabbed 41 times about her body.
Roopnarine fled the murder scene but was arrested in March 2016 at Mabura, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice).

Roopnarine confessed and told investigators that he had felt betrayed by McPherson. He claimed that during the commission of the crime he was under the influence of alcohol and was sorry for what he did.