TODAY, the Court of Appeal is expected to hand down its judgement in the case filed by Balram Singh, who is currently serving 80 years behind bars for the brutal murder of taxi driver, Bhomeshwar Sukhdeo.

In 2015, Balram Singh was found guilty by a 12-member jury for the murder of Sukhdeo, who was killed between January 19 and January 27, 2010.

Singh was sentenced by Justice Navindra Singh at the Demerara High Court.

Singh, through his attorney, Nigel Hughes, appealed the conviction and sentence, arguing that the trial was unfair, and that the judge erred in law.

The appeal is being heard by Chancellor (ag) of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings-Edwards, and Justices of Appeal, Dawn Gregory and Rishi Persaud.

The Guyana Chronicle had reported that the taxi driver was last seen alive on January 19, 2010. Subsequently, a search was launched for him and his car.

On January 27, 2010, his car was found at a vehicle body workshop in Herstelling New Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD). His burnt body was later discovered at Mocha Arcadia Access Road, EBD.