KEVIN Persaud, who had confessed to the fatal shooting of Purcell Moore Jr. during a robbery at Craig Old Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) in 2017, has moved to the Court of Appeal to challenge his life sentence.
In his Notice of Appeal, Persaud is arguing that his sentence is severe in all forms and as such, should be set aside.
He and his accomplice, Selwyn Dawson, called ‘Crack-Skull,’ were indicted for murder, but they both opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter. The duo admitted that on December 20, 2017, they unlawfully killed 40-year-old Moore during the course of a robbery.
In June, Justice Sandil Kissoon, at the Demerara High Court, sentenced both men to life imprisonment, with the possibility of parole after serving 15 years. Dawson also filed an appeal against his sentence.
According to reports, Moore, a father of two, was robbed of his gold chain and other jewellery before being shot twice to the head. The attack occurred one street away from his mother’s home.
Reports are that the man had returned from abroad several weeks prior and might have been monitored by his attackers.